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FISH FACTS |
Description
Triangular body with six or seven blackish blotches and an upturned mouth. Colour varies from bronze to silver; fins mainly dark with a red or yellow edge when large.
Sevenspot Archerfish have a unique way of feeding on insects: they accurately shoot a jet of water (like an arrow) at prey to knock them into reach of their mouth. Breeding occurs in the early wet season
Author credit: Michael Hammer / Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Habitat
Sheltered marine waters, estuaries and freshwater rivers, streams and billabongs, often near overhanging vegetation.
Food
Carnivore
Range
Northern Australia.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Actinopterygii | | Order: | Perciformes | | Family: | Toxotidae | | Genus: | Toxotes | | Species: | chatareus | | Common Name: | Seven-spot Archerfish |
Relatives in same Genus
Banded Archerfish (T. jaculatrix)
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