Banded Archerfish

Scientific Name: Toxotes jaculatrix
Family: Archerfishes - Toxotidae
Maximum Size: 20cm
Identification: Silvery white with 4 or 5 wedge-shaped black bars on upper half of sides; dorsal fin well back on rear body.
Hide-out: Swim near surface; shoot down insect prey with jet of water from mouth. Coral reefs adjacent to mangroves.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - India to Indonesia, New Guinea and Auatralia.

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