archer fish
(also as one word ‘archerfish’; plural: ‘archer fish’ — the same spelling or, less commonly, ‘archer fishes‘)
a kind of fish – small about 10 inches (25 cm) on average and can grow up to 18 inches (40 cm) in length; there are about seven species (kinds); found in the waters of South and Southeast Asia and Australia
an archer fish shooting its ‘water arrow’
The amazing feature of this fish is to hunt its prey (food) by spitting jets of water at the insects flying near the surface of water or resting on the leaves or branches of the plants near the water surface. It can shoot an insect 1.5 m above the water surface with great accuracy, and swallows the insect that falls down into water, just as people shooting animals with their bows and arrows. However, archer fish prefer to leap out of water and grab the insects with their wide mouths if the prey is very close to the water surface.
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