help id archer...

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your featherfin knife looks alot a african knife fish. just my thought because i own one just looks alot like mine
 
thanks guys. the substrate is estes' ultra reef colored sand. i like it and its easy to clean. thanks for the knife thing, im pretty new to knives so im still not sure about the id .

what are some distinguishing features of the featherfin?

mine is a black-brown, about 6.5" long and has two small whiskar-like things at his mouth
 
guppy said:
This one is the T. jaculatrix, the common or banded archer, it is a bit smaller (12" max instead of 16") than the seven spot (T. chataeus). The way to tell is that the seven spot has rounded dark markings that seldom reach down it's body past the midline, the banded is the one that the dark marking just in front of the anal fin can reach almost all the way down to the vent. I think it is the only one that has that and even with them it doesn't always reach that far, this one does. Here is a pic of a good example of the banded.
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Hey guppy,

Does Jaculatrix superseed Jaculator? I'm positive that this fish at least use to be T. Jaculator. Not challenging your knowladge, I did a quick look and saw it listed as T. Jaculatrix. Just curious about this....

Joel
 
Just a recomendation on your archer. They are a lot happier in scholes. 3 or more is best. Pluse, the more you have the more fun it it to watch. They will have what is called "hunting parties" If you lower the water level of your tank a few inches and stick some dry krill on the wet glass they will shoot it down and then everyone goes after it.
As for the salt, When they are smaller, 2-5 inches they do better is salt, not a lot, a salinity of about .06 is enough, and it can fluctuate, thats the beauty of brackish. Is didn't effect any of my plants either. And then when they get older they do well in either brackish or fresh.
P.S. My archers liked grapes, and it helped their colors a lot.
 
Ornatapinnis said:
Hey guppy,

Does Jaculatrix superseed Jaculator? I'm positive that this fish at least use to be T. Jaculator. Not challenging your knowladge, I did a quick look and saw it listed as T. Jaculatrix. Just curious about this....

Joel
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It's Jaculatrix. But it means jaculator, for its ability to "shoot" water at its prey.
 
I really don't know and find it both ways, fishbase is usually most current and they say jaculatrix so I go by that.
 
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