Big scale archerfish

Big scale archerfish
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Family:	Toxotidae
Genus:	Toxotes
Species:	T. oligolepis
Binomial name
Toxotes oligolepis Bleeker, 1876

The big scale archerfish (Toxotes oligolepis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Toxotidae. It is endemic to the Molucca Islands (Indonesia) and possibly the Philippines. ^[2] Almost nothing is known about this species and there is only a single confirmed specimen, which likely was collected from Bacan ("Batjan") Islands. ^[3] It was formerly reported from Western Australia (in which case the common name western archerfish was used), but this is a separate species, T. kimberleyensis . ^[4]

References

1. Wager, R. (1996). "Toxotes oligolepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T22018A9346440. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22018A9346440.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Toxotes oligolepis". FishBase . March 2015 version.
3. Maurice Kottelat; Tan Heok Hui (2018). "Three new species of archerfishes from the freshwaters of Southeast Asia (Teleostei: Toxotidae) and notes on Henri Mouhot's fish collections". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. IEF-952: 1–19. doi:10.23788/IEF-952.
4. Allen, G.R. (2004). Toxotes kimberleyensis, a new species of archerfish (Pisces: Toxotidae) from fresh waters of Western Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 225–230.