jaculatrix, Sciaena Pallas [P. S.] 1767:186, Pl. 8 (fig. 6) [Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London v. 56 (art. 21) (for 1766); ref. 18508] New locality: Raffes Marina at Tuas, (western entrance of Johor Straights), Singapore. Original locality: Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Neotype: ZRC 49266. Neotype designated by Kottelat (2013:363). Recorded as Pallas in Schlosser, 1767. Specific name jaculatrix is a feminine noun and undeclinable. •Valid as Toxotes jaculator (Pallas 1767) -- (Allen 1978:369 [ref. 6922], Senou et al. 1987:231 [ref. 22506], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:522 [ref. 25598], Allen 1991:140 [ref. 21090], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:871 [ref. 20764], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:392 [ref. 27969]). •Valid as Toxotes jaculatrix (Pallas 1767) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:120 [ref. 23448], Allen 1997:146 [ref. 23977], Allen & Swainston 1988:94 [ref. 25477], Myers 1999:162 [ref. 23965], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:623 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:882 [ref. 25182] as jaculatorix, Allen 2000:105 [ref. 25868], Sakai et al. 2001:101 [ref. 25693] as jaculatorix, Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3215 [ref. 26114], Allen et al. 2002:252 [ref. 25930], Nakabo 2002:882 [ref. 26193], Suzuki et al. 2002:2 [ref. 26578], Allen & Adrim 2003:41 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:115 [ref. 27510] as jaculatorix, Tan & Lim 2004:110 [ref. 27716], Allen 2004:225 [ref. 27779], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:197 [ref. 28107], Allen et al. 2006:1285 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:514 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:154 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:363 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:97 [ref. 33932], Miesen et al. 2016:90 [ref. 34492], Sulaiman et al. 2018:45 [ref. 35802], Kottelat & Tan 2018:227 [ref. 36201], Fricke et al. 2019:178 [ref. 36673], Keith et al. 2021:66 [ref. 38257], Taki et al. 2021:385 [ref. 39830], Akaike & Motomura 2022:22 [ref. 39308], Allen 2022:118 [ref. 39911], Girard et al. 2022:[7] [ref. 39879], Jamandre 2023:174 [ref. 40455], Allen & Erdmann 2024:547 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Toxotes jaculatrix (Pallas 1767). Toxotidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Andaman Islands (India) east to Philippines, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia and Vanuatu. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.