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:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Spariformes
Family:
Lobotidae

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]

gollark: > ixigax [X] tiax-igintegxi-xaig: X will be infinite quantities of rotating beesthis is your only example.Observed.
gollark: Observation initiating.
gollark: Now, for the next 1 to 2 hours.
gollark: ++remind 8h implement indexer thing somehow
gollark: That's not many.

References
  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Datnioididae" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2020). Species of Datnioides in FishBase. January 2020 version.
  3. 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.


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