Toxotes is a genus of archerfish found in tropical Asia and northern Australasia. It contains a majority of species in the family, and was previously thought to be the only genus of archerfish until the genus Protoxotes was revived and split from this genus in 2022.
The following species are placed in this genus:
- â Toxotes beauforti <small>Sanders, 1934</small> (fossil; Eocene of Sumatra, Indonesia)
- Toxotes blythii <small>Boulenger, 1892</small> - clouded archerfish, zebra archerfish
- Toxotes carpentariensis <small>Castelnau, 1878</small>
- Toxotes chatareus <small>(Hamilton, 1822)</small> - largescale archerfish, common archerfish
- Toxotes jaculatrix <small>(Pallas, 1767)</small> - banded archerfish
- Toxotes kimberleyensis <small>Allen, 2004</small> - Kimberley archerfish, western archerfish
- Toxotes microlepis <small>Günther, 1860</small> - smallscale archerfish
- Toxotes oligolepis <small>Bleeker, 1876</small> - big scale archerfish
- Toxotes sundaicus <small>Kottelat & Tan, 2018</small>
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