Spotted Archerfish exhibit a laterally compressed body, typically marked with four large, well-defined black spots on the upper flanks, interspersed with smaller blotches, and a golden rim around the eye socket.

It is primarily distributed in brackish environments such as estuaries, mangroves, and tidal rivers, but can also penetrate freshwater habitats upstream and is widely recognized for its unique predatory behaviour of shooting jets of water to dislodge terrestrial insects and other prey from overhanging vegetation.