NOUN
- any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indonesia and Australia
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- Banded archerfish have a deep laterally-compressed body with a flattened head and back.
- An image of archerfish preying on insects above the surface. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
- The correlation we found between the colour sensitivity of the archerfish eye for PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
- Experiments now suggest that an archerfish needs just a quick glance to judge where the dislodged prey will later hit the water and promptly moves in that direction well before the insect splashes down.
- By shooting jets or bullets of water, and correcting for light refraction, archerfishes knock insects down to the water surface and quickly consume them.
- Colisa uses the same technique as archerfishes to prey on insects just above the water.
- I’ve managed to persuade the archerfish to take Arowana Sticks in addition to crickets, so feeding is a lot easier. Project updates
- What may be the most impressive adaptation of archerfish is their ability to learn to overcome the physics of the refraction of light passing from air into water.
- Under water, this world changes more rapidly from top to bottom than it does in air and archerfish have come up with a neat system of accounting for this change and retaining exquisitely tuned vision in every direction at once. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
- Residents in its Sungei Buloh Besar river include sharp-shooting banded archerfish, which spit water to dislodge insects from their perches beyond the water, as well as the green chromide, sea bass and schooling mullets.
