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The archerfish inhabits the brackish waters of river estuaries around the coasts of Southeast Asia and northern Australia.

Surface-living fish of the family Toxotidae, such as the genus Toxotes, native to Southeast Asia and Australia. The archerfish grows to about 25 cm/10 in and is able to shoot down insects up to 1.5 m/5 ft above the water by spitting a jet of water from its mouth.
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Technique: In the wild, the archer fish shoots down climbing and flying insects using her own version of a water pistol - her mouth.
FOOTBALL: OLYMPIC GAMES: But who will win the four-legged race? ... by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
It also had sharks with chainsaws on their noses; archer fish with in-built water pistols "accurate up to two metres" and a worm who traps its prey by "firing lassoes of glue from the side of its head.
SHELLEYVISION: Weird? It's just not natural by The Mirror (London, England)
An archer fish spits an arrow of water up to two metres to knock prey from overhanging branches.
travel: Reef encounters; A MARINE DISCOVERY CENTRE IN NORTHERN FRANCE ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
 
 
 
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