Big scale archerfish

The big scale archerfish (Toxotes oligolepis) is a species of fish in the family Toxotidae. It is endemic to the Molucca Islands (Indonesia) and possibly the Philippines.[2] Almost nothing is known about this species and there is only a single confirmed specimen, which likely was collected from Bacan ("Batjan") Islands.[3] It was formerly reported from Western Australia (in which case the common name western archerfish was used), but this is a separate species, T. kimberleyensis.[4]

Big scale archerfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Toxotidae
Genus: Toxotes
Species:
T. oligolepis
Binomial name
Toxotes oligolepis
Bleeker, 1876

References

  1. Wager, R. (1996). "Toxotes oligolepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T22018A9346440. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22018A9346440.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Toxotes oligolepis" in FishBase. March 2015 version.
  3. Maurice Kottelat; Tan Heok Hui (2018). "Three new species of archerfishes from the freshwaters of Southeast Asia (Teleostei: Toxotidae) and notes on Henri Mouhot's fish collections". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. IEF-952: 1–19. doi:10.23788/IEF-952.
  4. Allen, G.R. (2004). Toxotes kimberleyensis, a new species of archerfish (Pisces: Toxotidae) from fresh waters of Western Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 225–230.


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