Big scale archerfish
| Big scale archerfish | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Toxotidae |
| Genus: | Toxotes |
| Species: | T. oligolepis |
| Binomial name | |
| Toxotes oligolepis Bleeker, 1876 | |
The big scale archerfish (Toxotes oligolepis) is a species of ray-finned 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]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Toxotes oligolepis". FishBase. March 2015 version.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.