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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Percoidei
Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Toxotidae
Genus: Toxotes
Species (7): T. blythii – T. chatareus – T. jaculatrix – T. kimberleyensis – T. lorentzi – T. microlepis – T. oligolepis
Name

Toxotes Cuvier, 1816: 338

Type species: Labrus jaculator of Shaw 1803 (? = Sciaena jaculator Pallas 1767). Type by monotypy.

Synonyms

Protoxotes Whitley, 1950: 244
Type species: Toxotes lorentzi Weber 1910. Type by original designation (also monotypic).
Trompe Gistel, 1848: XI
Type species: Sciaena jaculatrix Pallas 1767. Type by being a replacement name.

References

Cuvier G.L. 1816–1817. Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Avec Figures, dessinées d'après nature. Tome II. Contenant Les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Edition 1, Deterville, Paris. pp. i–xviii + 1–532. [Pls. 9–10, in v. 4] DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41460 BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 338]

Toxotes – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Toxotes species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.

Vernacular names
English: Archerfishes
ไทย: ปลาเสือ, ปลาเสือพ่นน้ำ
Türkçe: Okçu balığı

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