Toxotes (Noun)
Meaning
Type genus of the Toxotidae.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Toxotes is a type genus of the Toxotidae, commonly known as archerfish.
- Toxotes jaculatrix, also known as the banded archerfish, is one of the species found in this genus.
- Archerfish are a fascinating example of fish within the genus Toxotes, using their remarkable spitting abilities.
- Researchers studied Toxotes in an attempt to better understand their evolutionary history within the Toxotidae family.
- A taxonomic classification study showed Toxotes is closely related to the other archerfish in the Toxotidae family.