The family is small, consisting of seven species in a single genus Toxotes.

It is part of the community Toxotes.

Species in the genus Toxotes, including the banded archerfish, are kept as aquarium fish.

Always popular, the Archer fish, especially Toxotes jaculator, is often found in all public aquaria.

Toxotes has a station on the Thessaloniki-Alexandroupoli railway.

It is located northeast of Toxotes and is approximately 14 kilometers from Xanthi.

Toxotes may refer to:

The name Toxotes was used to describe the mythic Sagittarius, a legendary creature thought to be a centaur.

Archerfish ( Toxotes species)

It crosses the river Nestos at Paranesti, and follows it until Toxotes.

With my skill with the bow I could become a toxotes, a marine archer, distinguish myself in war and exploit that service to advance my position.

Rhacochilus toxotes (Rubberlip surfperch)

The line section from Stavroupoli to Toxotes runs along Nestos River Valley and is part of a preserved area that is not accessible by road.

In September 2009 an arson attack took place against the Toxotes mosque in Thrace, and the fire damaged interior carpets and part of the roof.

The banded archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix) is a brackish water perciform fish of the archerfish genus Toxotes.

Toxotes chatareus, sometimes known by the common names seven-spot archerfish or largescale archerfish, is a species of perciform fish in the archerfish genus Toxotes.

The community consists of the settlements Toxotes, Agios Athanasios, Thalassia, Kosmiti, Megalo Tympano, Mikro Tympano, Poimni and Semeli.