Biology:Datnioides polota

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Short description: Species of fish

Datnioides polota
Datnioides polota (Hamilton, 1822).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Spariformes
Family: Lobotidae
Genus: Datnioides
Species:
D. polota
Binomial name
Datnioides polota
(Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms
  • Coius binotatus Gray, 1834
  • Coius polota Hamilton, 1822
  • Datnioides quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809)

Datnioides polota, commonly known as the silver tigerfish[1] or four-banded tiger perch, is a species of datnioidid fish native to brackish and fresh waters near the coast like mangrove, lagoons, estuaries and lower parts of rivers from northeastern India , through Bangladesh and mainland southeast Asia, to Sumatra and Borneo.[2][3] Although sometimes reported from New Guinea, this population is now recognized as D. campbelli.[3] D. polota is a predatory fish that reaches up to 30 cm (1 ft) in standard length.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ahmad, A.B. (2020). "Datnioides polota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T181156A91304090. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T181156A91304090.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/181156/91304090. Retrieved 10 May 2023. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2020). "Datnioides polota" in FishBase. January 2020 version.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Datnioides polota (Hamilton, 1822)". SeriouslyFish. https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/datnioides-polota/. Retrieved 5 January 2020. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2910272 entry