sevenspot archerfish, primitive archerfish

Scientific Name
Toxotes chatereus, Toxotes lorentzi
Category
Fish

Sevenspot archerfish:

Triangular body with six or seven irregular blackish blotches and an upturned mouth. Colour varies from bronze to silver, fins mainly dark with a red or yellow edge when large. (Michael Hammer, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory)

Njalkan ka-nunjburriwe, ka-nunjhme mayh. (Kundjeyhmi)
The archer fish is spitting, he's spitting water at the insect.

Names in Bininj Kunwok dialects refer to either species of archerfish.

 

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Kunwinjku term
njarlkan
Listen
Kundjeyhmi term
njarlgan
Listen
Kuninjku term
djoloborn
Kune/Mayali term
djedberdeh (Kune), djamard (Mayali)
Kundedjnjenghmi term
njarlkan

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