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. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Toxotes blythii" in FishBase. January 2010 version.
  3. 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.
  4. Practical Fishkeeping (23 February 2011). Clouded archerfish, Toxotes blythii. Retrieved 8 March 2015.


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