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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