Common name of Toxotes jaculatrix
 
Common name Puhuduki
Language Gela
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Solomon Islands
Locality West Nggela
Ref. Foale, S., 1998
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
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Remarks 'puhu' means to blow, spout, shoot (a jet of water); 'duki' means a common species of ant, yellow in colour, which the archerfish commonly preys upon by knocking them off mangrove roots with a jet of water.
 
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