Toxotes blythii

Toxotes blythii, the clouded archerfish or zebra archerfish, is a perciform fish of genus Toxotes.[1] It is found in rivers and estuaries in Myanmar, ranging from the lower Irrawaddy to the Tenasserim Division, including lower Sittaung and Salween.[1][2][3] Unlike some other archerfish, it is restricted to fresh water.[2] This species was formerly thought to be identical to T. microlepis (smallscale archerfish). However, differences in structure and colouration caused the splitting of T. blythii into a new species.[4] It is sometimes seen in the aquarium trade, but is generally rare.[5]

Toxotes blythii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Toxotidae
Genus: Toxotes
Species:
T. blythii
Binomial name
Toxotes blythii
(Boulenger, 1892)

References
  1. Vidthayanon, C. (2012). "Toxotes blythii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T187955A1839214. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T187955A1839214.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. 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.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Toxotes blythii" in FishBase. January 2010 version.
  4. Günther, Albert C. L.G.; William Carruthers; William Francis (1892). The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Sixth. IX. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 143–144.
  5. Practical Fishkeeping (23 February 2011). Clouded archerfish, Toxotes blythii. Retrieved 8 March 2015.


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