ARCHER F18H. Turtles 'acu.l6.tur 



So powerful indeed is the projectile force, and so marvellously accurate is the aim, that it 

 will strike a fly with certainty at a distance of three or even four feet. In general 

 appearance there is little to attract attention about this fish, the only remarkable point in 

 its form being the greatly elongated lower jaw, which may possibly aid it in directing the 

 liquid missile on which it partially depends for its subsistence as does a hunter on the 

 accuracy of his rifle. The general colour of the Archer Fish is greenish, and the short 

 wide bands across the back are dark brown with a shade of green. Two species of this 

 genus are known. 



BANDED CHILODACTYLE. Chaod&ctvlu* totuitvt 



As an example of the next family, the Cirrhitidse, we take the BANDED CHILODACTYLE. 

 The family to which this fish belongs is a very small one, containing only eight genera, 



