Big scale archerfish

Big scale archerfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
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. Almost nothing is known about this species and there is only a single confirmed specimen, which likely was collected from Bacan ("Batjan") Islands. 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.

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.). "Toxotes oligolepis". 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.