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Taxonomy Tournament: Fish
Istiophoriformes. This order is made up of swordfish, marlins, sailfish, and barracudas
Toxotidae. This order is mad up of archerfish, also known as spinner fish, which predate insects by shooting water from their mouths to knock them into the water.
Which clade of animals is better?
Istiophoriformes
Toxotidae
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Uncharismatic Fact of the Day
Archerfish, comprising the family Toxotidae, live up to their name-- they have special adaptations to their tongues and the roof of their mouths that allow them to shoot streams of water up to 1.5 m (5 ft) in the air! They use this ability to bring down airborne insects for them to feed on.
(Image: Banded archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix) firing a watery missle by Kim Taylor)
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Taxonomy Tournament: Fish
Toxotidae. This order is mad up of archerfish, also known as spinner fish, which predate insects by shooting water from their mouths to knock them into the water.
Syngnathiformes. This order is made up of fish with long narrow bodies, with some groups swimming with their bodies aligned vertically to blend in with seaweed. Examples include the seahorse, trumpet fish, and sea moths.
Which clade of animals is better?
Toxotidae
Syngnathiformes
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Taxonomy Tournament: Fish
Toxotidae. This order is mad up of archerfish, also known as spinner fish, which predate insects by shooting water from their mouths to knock them into the water.
Carangiformes. This order contains the aggressively predatory dolphinfishes, and remoras, which have a sucker-like dorsal fin that allows them to attach to a larger host animal.
Which clade of animals is better?
Toxotidae
Carangiformes
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Family Toxotidae- The Archerfish
Toxotidae is a very small family containing only one genus, Toxotes. These fish are called archerfish. They are named for their rather unique method of hunting prey. These fish will wait at the surface of the water and watch for any small insects or spiders that stray too close. They will then expel a thin stream of water to knock their prey into the water where they will quickly devour it. An archerfish can accurately hit its prey from 2 meters away and its stream of water can reach a distance of up to 5 meters.
(Image source: DailyMail)
