Toxotes blythii
| 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) | |
Toxotes blythii, the clouded archerfish or zebra archerfish, is a perciform fish of genus Toxotes.[1] It is amphidromous and found in rivers and estuaries in Myanmar, ranging from the lower Irrawaddy to the Tenasserim Division, including lower Sittaung and Salween.[1][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.[3] It is sometimes seen in the aquarium trade, but is generally rare.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 Vidthayanon, C. (2012). "Toxotes blythii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Toxotes blythii" in FishBase. January 2010 version.
- ↑ Günther, Albert C. L.G.; William Carruthers; William Francis (1892). The Annals and magazine of natural history: zoology, botany, and geology. Sixth IX. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 143–144.
- ↑ Practical Fishkeeping (23 February 2011). Clouded archerfish, Toxotes blythii. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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