Toxotes chatareus

[maxxximus87]

"Seven spot, or large scale archer fish."

Never seen them in my life until recently. Usually all the LFS around here would have the more common T. jaculatrix. Anyways, I picked up 2. One of them is almost 5". If I'm not mistaken i think these are the ones that are more suited to fresh water. Has anyone else in the U.S. been seeing a lot of these lately?

 

[pupumole]

arent these the big ones that Rich had?

 

[maxxximus87]

I don't know, but they are making there way around Fl. The 2 i got were from 2 separate LFS

 

[krichardson]

There dont seem to be many archer enthusiasts as members here.How much were they.

 

[maxxximus87]

There dont seem to be many archer enthusiasts as members here.How much were they.

surprisingly cheap the 4.5" was $25, and i got the 3" for $12. The average price use to be $15 for a 2"

 

[aussiemonsters]

T. chatareus are found in freshwater/brackish here in Australia. They do grow pretty big up to 16 inches +.
Regs Steve

 

[pupumole]

i want a 16"er ^^:; that be an awesome sight..... but i do have to agree that , if kept in a tank, that sorta wasted its "archer skills"

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

great find...have been seeing archers lately down here, but can't tell if they are jaculatrix or not. where in FL are you?

 

[aussiemonsters]

The archer skills are not wasted in a tank mine liked to spit at me through the holes and gaps whenever I was in range .
But I would really like a T. blythii

 

[maxxximus87]

great find...have been seeing archers lately down here, but can't tell if they are jaculatrix or not. where in FL are you?

sarasota just south of tampa