Datnioides
| Datnioides | |
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| D. pulcher from Thailand | |
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| Family: | Datnioididae Fowler, 1931
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| Genus: | Datnioides Bleeker, 1853
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| Datnioides polota Bleeker, 1853
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Datnioides is a genus of fish known commonly as the freshwater tripletails.[1] It is the only genus in the family Datnioididae. These fish are found in fresh and brackish waters of coastal areas, rivers and estuaries in South and Southeast Asia[1] and New Guinea.[2]
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
- Datnioides microlepis Bleeker, 1854 – finescale tigerfish
- Datnioides polota (F. Hamilton, 1822) – silver tigerfish, pla kapong lai
- Datnioides pulcher (Kottelat, 1998) – Siamese tigerfish
- Datnioides undecimradiatus (T. R. Roberts & Kottelat, 1994) – Mekong tiger perch
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Datnioididae" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Datnioides in FishBase. April 2013 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
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- Secrets of the Datnoids Tigerfish. datnoidstigerfish.org
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