Toxotes jaculatrix

Banded archerfish | Archer Fish | Northern Rifle-fish | Riflefish
Toxotes jaculatrix
Toxotes jaculatrix, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Photo: Andrew Green
Toxotes jaculatrix
Toxotes jaculatrix, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
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Toxotes jaculatrix
Toxotes jaculatrix

Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific


Description

Five short black bars or blotches on body, one on head and one on tail base. Bars longer, absent or more numerous in other archerfishes, which tend to be more restricted to freshwater. Found in estuaries, mangrove-lined bays and freshwater.


Information

Max Size: 30 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 28.6-34.3°C

Depth: N/A

Habitat Generalization Index: N/A

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Least Concern

Occurrence: Widespread (100% of sites)

Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed

Abundance: Few (3 per transect)

Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.


Edit by: RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland