Datnioides
Datnioides is a genus of fish known commonly as tigerfish, tiger perch or freshwater tripletails.[1] It is the only genus in the family Datnioididae. These fish are found in fresh and brackish waters of rivers, estuaries and coastal areas in South and Southeast Asia,[1] and New Guinea.[2]
| Datnioides | |
|---|---|
 | |
| D. pulcher | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | Spariformes |
| Family: | Fowler, 1931 |
| Genus: | Datnioides Bleeker, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Datnioides polota Bleeker, 1853 | |
Some researchers suggest that this family is related to the tripletails, family Lobotidae, while others do not find enough evidence to make the suggestion. The two families share an apparently unique mode of tooth replacement, a trait which might be a synapomorphy.[3]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- Datnioides campbelli Whitley, 1939 – New Guinea tiger perch
- Datnioides microlepis Bleeker, 1854 – finescale tigerfish, Indonesian tigerfish
- Datnioides polota (F. Hamilton, 1822) – silver tigerfish
- Datnioides pulcher (Kottelat, 1998) – Siamese tiger perch, Siamese tigerfish
- Datnioides undecimradiatus (T. R. Roberts & Kottelat, 1994) – Mekong tiger perch
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Datnioididae" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2020). Species of Datnioides in FishBase. January 2020 version.
- Hilton, E. J. & W. E. Bemis. (2005). Grouped tooth replacement in the oral jaws of the tripletail, Lobotes surinamensis (Perciformes: Lobotidae), with a discussion of its proposed relationship to Datnioides. Copeia 2005(3), 665-72.
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Datnioides. |
- Secrets of the Datnoids Tigerfish. datnoidstigerfish.org
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.