Toxotes kimberleyensis
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Toxotes kimberleyensis is a species of Archerfish
found in the Kimberley region of western Australia
. It was first named by Allen in 2004, and is commonly known as the Kimberley archerfish, Largescale archerfish, or the Western archerfish.
Members of this species used to be thought to belong to a different species, Toxotes oligolepis, but direct comparison with the type material of T. oligolepis revealed the Kimberley specimens differed in several ways including having a deeper body and shorter dorsal fin
spines.
Archerfish
The archerfish are a family of fish known for their habit of preying on land based insects and other small animals by literally shooting them down with water droplets from their specialized mouths...
found in the Kimberley region of western Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It was first named by Allen in 2004, and is commonly known as the Kimberley archerfish, Largescale archerfish, or the Western archerfish.
Members of this species used to be thought to belong to a different species, Toxotes oligolepis, but direct comparison with the type material of T. oligolepis revealed the Kimberley specimens differed in several ways including having a deeper body and shorter dorsal fin
Dorsal fin
A dorsal fin is a fin located on the backs of various unrelated marine and freshwater vertebrates, including most fishes, marine mammals , and the ichthyosaurs...
spines.