Banded Archerfish, Toxotes jaculatrix, Toxotidae, Perciformes.
The archerfish (or archer fish) are a family (Toxotidae) of fish known for their habit of preying on land based insects and other small animals by literally shooting them down with water droplets from their specialized mouths. A large lower jaw helps these fish to hunt. The family is a small one, consisting of seven species in the genus Toxotes; all occur in fresh, brackish, and marine deep pool like waters from India to the Philippines, Australia, and Polynesia.
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Location: India to the Philippines, Australia, and Polynesia.
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