Toxotidae, Bleeker, 1859

LARSON, HELEN K., WILLIAMS, REX S. & HAMMER, MICHAEL P., 2013, <strong> An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia </ strong>, Zootaxa 3696 (1), pp. 1-293 : 153-154

Toxotidae

(archerfish)

Toxotes chatareus ( Hamilton, 1822)

Sevenspot Archerfish

Coius chatareus Hamilton, 1822: 101 , 370 (mouthes of the Ganges).

Toxotes chalcareus — Rendahl 1922: 184 (Daly River; Glencoe).

Toxotes schlosseri — McCulloch 1929: 235–236 (Northern Territory).

Toxotes dorsalis Whitley, 1950c: 242 (Flinders River near Hughenden and Richmond, Queensland [other localities: Mataranka; Roper River; Katherine River ; vicinity of Darwin]).

Toxotes chatareus — Taylor 1964: 222–223 (Wood's Inlet, Delissaville; Oenpelli; Roper River); Pollard 1974: 52– 53 (Alligator Rivers); Midgley 1975: Appendix A (Toogangini Creek; Glyde River; Eight-mile Hole; Weirk Springs; Caranbirini Creek; Leila Creek; Kilgour River; Frog Lagoon; McArthur River); Midgley 1980: Appendix B (King River; Katherine River; Brandy Bottle Creek; Dry–King River junction; Daly River; Fergusson River; Flora River; Fish River; Douglas River); Midgley 1981: 56 (Police Hole [Keep River]); Midgley 1979: Appendix B (Limmen Bight River; Cox River; Hodgson River; Roper River; Wilton River; Waterhouse River; Mainoru River); Midgley 1981: Appendix B (Armstrong River; Victoria River; Camfield River; Neave Creek; Humbert River; Wickham River; East Baines River; West Baines River; Jasper Creek; Ikymbon River; Angalarri River tributary; Fitzmaurice River; Waterloo Creek; Keep River; Chinaman Creek); Midgley 1982: Appendix B (Tooganginnie Creek; Wearyan River; Foelsche River; Robinson River; Calvert River; Bluey Creek; Fish River); Midgley 1983: Appendix B (Phelp River; Walker River; Koolatong River; Goyder River; Mainoru River; Liverpool River; Goomadeer River); Midgley 1984: appendix B (Mary River; McKinley River; Mt Ringwood lagoon; Margaret River; Howley Creek; Reynolds River; Adelaide River; Karns Creek); Dixon and Huxley 1985: 185 (Katji Lagoon [Goy- der River area]; Glyde River); Larson 1987: 148 (Kakadu Stages 1 and 2); Davis 1988: 164 (upstream Buffalo Creek); Midgley 1994: 5 (Tooganginie Creek, McArthur River); Larson 1996: 11 (Nayarnpi Creek); Larson and Williams 1997: 362 (NW side Channel Island; East Arm); Larson 1997: 36 (Kakadu); Larson 1998: 34 (S of Taracumbi Falls, Andranangoo Creek, Maxwell Creek, Melville Island); Larson 1999a: 22 (Sandy Creek and Keep River); Larson 1999b: 38 (Kakadu); Larson 2002: 36 (West Alligator River); Wilson and Brooks 2004: 12 (Daly/Katherine Rivers; Mainoru River; Jasper Creek; Wilton River; Goyder River; Rock Bottom Creek; Dook Creek; Maiwok Creek; Barmguerikba Creek; Chambers River; King River; Bradshaw Creek; Cato River); Hoese et al. 2006: 1285 (NT; N coastal, N Gulf); Dally and Larson 2008: 17 (Roper River, Elsey/Moroak Stations).

Toxotes chartareus — Midgley 1973: 2, 5, 8–11 (Red Lily Lagoon, Cannon Hill; Tin Camp Creek; Cooper Creek; Nourlangie Creek; Saw Cut Creek; Jim Jim Falls; Deaf Adder Creek; Magela Creek).

Creek on NE side Milingimbi. Ryan’s Bend, McArthur River (AMS material).

Toxotes jaculatrix ( Pallas, 1767)

Banded Archerfish

Sciaena jaculatrix Pallas, 1767: 187 (Batavia) .

Toxotes jaculator — Castelnau 1873: 84 (Port Darwin); Zietz 1891: 2 (Northern Territory).

Toxotes jaculatrix — Hoese et al. 2006: 1285 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast, N coastal) .

McArthur River (Dean Thorburn, pers. comm. 2006); Adelaide River ( Fig. 13 ).

Toxotes lorentzi Weber, 1910

Primitive Archerfish

Toxotes lorentzi Weber, 1910: 232 (Merauke, New Guinea).— Taylor 1964: 224 (Yam Creek); Merrick and Schmida 1984: 263 (Darwin area; South Alligator and Daly River systems); Midgley 1984: appendix B (Reynolds River); Larson 1987: 148 (Kakadu Stages 1 and 2); Allen et al. 2002: 250 (West and South Alligator, Daly, Reynolds, Finniss and Adelaide Rivers); Hoese et al. 2006: 1286 (NT; N coast, N coastal; Yam Creek, Daly River system; Sawcut, Deaf Adder and Baroalba creeks, South Alligator River system).

Protoxotes lorentzi — Whitley 1950c: 244 (Yam Creek, NT); Midgley 1973: appendix B (Deaf Adder Creek); Pollard 1974: 63 (Baroalba Creek, Sawcut Creek, South Alligator River); Wilson and Brooks 2004: 12 (Moyle River; Anopheles Creek; Daly/Katherine Rivers).

Figures

FIGURE 13. Toxotes jaculatrix, captive specimen (among ambassids) from Adelaide River area, Darwin. Photo by Daniel Kimberley.