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Toxotes jaculatrix (Pallas, 1767)

Banded archerfish
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Philippines country information

Common names: Ama mangpang, Ananabing, Anunuput
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Present in good numbers in Lake Bombon (=Taal), 1995 survey (Ref. 12165); present in Taal Lake, Talisay area as part of gill net catch composition (Ref. 81207, 80679, 13446). Specimens were collected from Kiga creek, Leyte and Inuntan, Basey River, Samar in 1993 (Ref. 7223). Reported from Palawan (Ref. 68595). Also Ref. 2858, 48613.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kottelat, M., 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangaria/misc (Various families in series Carangaria) > Toxotidae (Archerfishes)
Etymology:   More on author: Pallas.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; amphidromous (Ref. 51243).   Tropical; 25°C - 30°C (Ref. 1672)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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