Identity and native record
Toxotes jaculatrix (Banded archerfish) is included because authoritative species records document native occurrence in Indonesian coastal rivers and estuaries. “Native to Indonesia” does not imply endemicity, captive availability, legal export, or permission to import.
Included as a native freshwater–brackish carnivore; it is not a strictly inland freshwater species.
Ecology and adult scale
- Feeding guild
- Invertivore / opportunist
- Reported adult scale
- up to about 30 cm TL
- Habitat
- Freshwater–brackish river mouths, mangroves and tidal reaches
Feeding guild is an editorial husbandry aid, not a complete diet prescription. Juvenile and adult diets, seasonal ecology and individual behaviour can differ.
Welfare and suitability screen
Tall, covered paludarium-style system; salinity history and surface-feeding behaviour must be respected.
Before any future listing, LIMNIC would need to document the individual fish, expected adult dimensions, secure containment, water parameters, diet, compatibility, transport risk and the buyer’s capacity to provide lifetime care.
