FAMILY Toxotidae Bleeker, 1859 - archerfishes [=Toxoteoidei] Notes: Toxoteoidei Bleeker, 1859b:364 [ref. 16984] (family) Toxotes [also Bleeker 1859d:XXI [ref. 371]; stem corrected to Toxot- by Günther 1860:2, 66 [ref. 1963], confirmed by Jordan 1923a:206 [ref. 2421], by Nelson 1976:242 [ref. 32838] and by Nelson 2006:375 [ref. 32486]]

GENUS Toxotes Cloquet, 1816 - archerfishes [=Toxotes Cloquet [H.], 1816:116, suppl., Protoxotes Whitley [G. P.], 1950:244, Toxotes Cuvier [G.], 1816:338, Trompe Gistel [J.], 1848:XI] Notes: [ref. 12560]. Masc. Sciaena jaculatrix Pallas, 1767. Type by monotypy. Appeared as above in Oct., then followed by Cuvier 1816 in Nov. -- according to Kottelat (2013:362). Valid as Toxotes Cloquet, 1816 -- (Kottelat 2013:362 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Toxotes Cloquet, 1816. Toxotidae. (Protoxotes) [ref. 4712]. Fem. Toxotes lorentzi Weber, 1910. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Toxotes Cloquet, 1816 -- (Kottelat 1816:362 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Toxotes Cloquet, 1816. Toxotidae. (Toxotes Cu) [ref. 993]. Fem. Labrus jaculator of Shaw 1803 ( = Sciaena jaculator Pallas, 1767). Type by monotypy. See Whitley 1935:136 [ref. 6396] for possible earlier publication. •Valid as Toxotes Cuvier, 1816 -- (Allen 1978 [ref. 6922], Jayaram 1981:331 [ref. 6497], Roberts 1989:165 [ref. 6439], Ataur Rahman 1989:332 [ref. 24860], Allen 1991:141 [ref. 21090], Allen 2001:3213 [ref. 26114], Ataur Rahman 2003:360 [ref. 31338], Allen 2004:225 [ref. 27779], Allen et al. 2006:1284 [ref. 29090], Morgan 2011:17 [ref. 31262]). •Synonym of Toxodes Cloquet, 1816 -- (Kottelat 2013:362 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Toxotes Cloquet, 1816. Toxotidae. (Trompe) [ref. 1822]. Masc. Sciaena jaculatrix Pallas, 1767. Type by being a replacement name. Treated as masculine, Art. 30.2.4. Unexplained and unneeded replacement for Toxotes Cloquet, 1816. •Objective synonym of Toxotes Cuvier, 1816 -- (Allen 1978:358 [ref. 6922]). •Objective synonym of Toxotes Cloquet, 1816 -- (Kottelat 2013:362 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Toxotes Cloquet, 1816. Toxotidae.

Species Toxotes blythii Boulenger, 1892 - clouded [=Toxotes blythii Boulenger [G. A.], 1892:143, Toxotes microlepis Blyth [E.], 1860:142] Notes: [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 9 (no. 50) (art. 21); ref. 17042] Sittang River, Tenasserim provinces, Myanmar. Current status: Valid as Toxotes blythii Boulenger, 1892. Toxotidae. Distribution: Myanmar. Habitat: freshwater. (microlepis) [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 477] Sitang River, Tenasserim provinces, Myanmar. Current status: Synonym of Toxotes blythii Boulenger, 1892. Toxotidae. Habitat: freshwater.

Species (Hamilton, 1822) - largescale archerfish [=Coius chatareus Hamilton [F.], 1822:101, 370, Pl. 14, Toxotes carpentariensis Castelnau [F. L.], 1878:47, Toxotes dorsalis Whitley [G. P.], 1950:242, Fig. 5, Protoxotes ulysses Whitley [G. P.], 1950:243, Pl. 17 (fig. 3)] Notes: [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Ganges River , . Current status: Valid as Toxotes chatareus (Hamilton, 1822). Toxotidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India and Sri Lanka and Bangladesh east to New Guinea and northern Australia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. (carpentariensis) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 3 (pt 1); ref. 762] Norman River, Queensland, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Toxotes chatareus (Hamilton, 1822). Toxotidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. (dorsalis) [Records of the Australian Museum v. 22 (no. 3); ref. 4712] Flinders River, Queensland, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Toxotes chatareus (Hamilton, 1822). Toxotidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. (ulysses) [Records of the Australian Museum v. 22 (no. 3); ref. 4712] Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Toxotes chatareus (Hamilton, 1822). Toxotidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

Species Toxotes jaculatrix (Pallas, 1767) - [=Sciaena jaculatrix Pallas [P. S.], 1767:186, Pl. 8 (fig. 6), Scarus schlosseri Gmelin [J. F.], 1789:1282] Notes: [Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London v. 56 (1766); ref. 18508] New locality: Raffes Marina at Tuas, (western entrance of Johor Straights), Singapore. Original locality: Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Current status: Valid as Toxotes jaculatrix (Pallas, 1767). Toxotidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India to Solomon Islands, , West Papua (Indonesia) and throughout the East Indian Region. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. (schlosseri) [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Raffles Marina at Tuas, Indonesia. Original locality: Java, Batavia, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Toxotes jaculatrix (Pallas, 1767). Toxotidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

Species Toxotes kimberleyensis Allen, 2004 - Kimberley archerfish [=Toxotes kimberleyensis Allen [G. R.], 2004:226, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Records of the Australian Museum v. 56 (no. 2); ref. 27779] Plain Creek Gorge, Beverley Spings Station, 16°35'S, 125°30'E, West Kimberley District, Western Australia. Current status: Valid as Toxotes kimberleyensis Allen, 2004. Toxotidae. Distribution: Australia: Western Australia. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Toxotes lorentzi Weber, 1910 - primitive archerfish [=Toxotes lorentzi Weber [M.], 1910:232] Notes: [Notes from the Leyden Museum v. 32 (pt. 4) (no. 28); ref. 14597] Pool near Merauke, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Current status: Valid as Toxotes lorentzi Weber, 1910. Toxotidae. Distribution: Northern Territory, Australia and New Guinea (Papua Province, Indonesia and ). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

Species Toxotes malaccensis Cantor, 1849 - Malacca archerfish [=Toxotes jaculator malaccensis Cantor [T. E.], 1849:1159] Notes: [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 18 (pt 2); ref. 715] Singapore, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia. Current status: Valid as Toxotes malaccensis Cantor, 1849. Toxotidae. Distribution: Habitat:

Species Toxotes microlepis Gunther, 1860 - smallscale archerfish [=Toxotes microlepis Günther [A.], 1860:68] Notes: [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 2; ref. 1963] [Chao Phraya drainage]. Current status: Valid as Toxotes microlepis Günther, 1860. Toxotidae. Distribution: Southeastern Asia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. Species Toxotes oligolepis Bleeker, 1876 - bigscale archerfish [=Toxotes oligolepis Bleeker [P.], 1876:162] Notes: [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2) v. 9; ref. 17107] Probably Buru or Batjan, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Current status: Valid as Toxotes oligolepis Bleeker, 1876. Toxotidae. Distribution: Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater *******************************************************

Unavailable names, uncertain taxa asium, Archer Montrouzier [X.] 1857:449 [171] [Annales de la Société d'Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon (sér. 2) v. 8 (1856); ref. 17789] On p. 171 of reprint. Not available, manuscript name mentioned in synonymy of Toxotes jaculator; from Woodlark I., South Pacific. Current status: Synonym of Toxotes. Toxotidae.