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Toxotes is a genus of fish within the family Toxotidae. It belongs to the class Teleostei, phylum Chordata, and order Perciformes. The taxon was described by Cloquet in 1816 and is currently accepted. Its habitat includes brackish and freshwater environments.
Records for this genus have been documented in Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Institutions holding related records include USNM, CAS, OS, TU, and UMMZ. The common name Spotted Archerfish is associated with the group, which is also referred to as テッポウウオ属.
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Species
テッポウウオ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyToxotidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 42
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Toxotidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS, OS, TU, UMMZ, CUMV
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Kingdom Of Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Singapore, Qatar
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- genus
- taxon name
- Toxotes
- Commons category
- Toxotes
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- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- topic's main category
- Category:Toxotes
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Encyclopedic overview
Toxotes is a genus of archerfish found in tropical Asia and northern Australasia. It contains a majority of species in the family, and was previously thought to be the only genus of archerfish until the genus Protoxotes was revived and split from this genus in 2022.
Life restoration of the extinct Toxotes beauforti The following species are placed in this genus:
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Toxotes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.