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Definition of Toxotes jaculator

Toxotes jaculator
Jaculator Jac"u*la`tor, [L.] 1. One who throws or casts. [R.] 2. (Zo["o]l.) The archer fish (Toxotes jaculator).
Toxotes jaculator
Archer fish Arch"er fish` (Zo["o]l.) A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Ch[ae]todon rostratus.

Meaning of Toxotes jaculator from wikipedia

- 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...
- genus Toxotes: Protoxotes lorentzi Weber, 1910 - primitive archerfish Toxotes blythii Boulenger, 1892 - clouded archerfish, zebra archerfish Toxotes carpentariensis...
- Nemateleotris decora Nemateleotris magnifica Thorogobius ephippiatus Toxotes jaculator Lepomis cyanellus Lepomis gibbosus Lepomis humilis Lepomis macrochirus...