Toxotes may refer to:
Biology
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Banded archerfish
The banded archerfish (''Toxotes jaculatrix'') is a brackish water perciform fish of the archerfish genus ''Toxotes''. It is silvery in colour and has a dorsal fin towards the posterior end. It has distinctive, semi-triangular markings along its ...
(''Toxotes jaculatrix''), Pallas 1767
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Toxotes chatareus
''Toxotes chatareus'', sometimes known by the common names common archerfish, seven-spot archerfish or largescale archerfish, is a species of perciform fish in the archerfish genus ''Toxotes''.Martin F. Gomon & Dianne J. Bray (2011Sevenspot Arch ...
'', Hamilton 1822
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Smallscale archerfish
The smallscale archerfish (''Toxotes microlepis'') is a perciform fish of genus ''Toxotes''. As its name suggests, the scales of the smallscale archerfish are smaller than those of other archerfish. They reach a maximum length of . Smallscale ar ...
(''Toxotes microlepis''), Günther 1860
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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. Almost nothing is known about this species and there is only a single ...
(''Toxotes oligolepis''), Bleeker 1876
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Toxotes blythii
''Toxotes blythii'', the clouded archerfish or zebra archerfish, is a perciform fish of genus ''Toxotes''. It is found in rivers and estuaries in Myanmar, ranging from the lower Irrawaddy to the Tenasserim Division, including lower Sittaung and ...
'', Boulenger 1892
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Toxotes lorentzi
''Protoxotes lorentzi'' is a tropical freshwater fish found in streams and swamps of the Northern Territory of Australia, Irian Jaya (Indonesia), and Papua New Guinea. '', Weber 1910
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Toxotes kimberleyensis
''Toxotes kimberleyensis'' is a species of archerfish found in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.[Archer fish
The archerfish (spinner fish or archer fish) form a monotypic family, Toxotidae, of fish known for their habit of preying on land-based insects and other small animals by shooting them down with water droplets from their specialized mouths. The ...](_blank)
Other uses
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Toxotai
Toxotai (; singular: , ) were Ancient Greek and Byzantine archers.
During the ancient period they were armed with a short Greek bow and a short sword. They carried a little pelte (or pelta) () shield.
''Hippotoxotai'' (ἱπποτοξόται ...
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Toxotes, Xanthi
Toxotes ( el, Τοξότες) is a settlement and a community in the Xanthi regional unit of Greece, part of the municipality Topeiros. It is located approximately 13.9 kilometers from Xanthi and 1 kilometer east of the river Nestos. In 2011, th ...
, a village in Greece
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