Datnioides polota (Hamilton, 1822)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Datnioides polota, the silver tigerfish, silver tiger perch, barred tigerfish, four-banded tripletail, four-banded tigerfish or four-barred tigerfish, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lobotidae, the tripletails and tiger perches. This fish is found in southern Asia and New Guinea.
Wikipedia contributors, Datnioides polota; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:29:47.719647+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Datnioides polota (Hamilton, 1822)
- Name authority
- (Hamilton, 1822)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Datnioididae
- Genus
- Datnioides
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderPercoidei
- familyDatnioididae Fowler, 1931
- genusDatnioides Bleeker, 1853
- speciesDatnioides polota (Hamilton, 1822)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Datnioides. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Datnioides campbelli Whitley, 1939 | DatnioididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Datnioides undecimradiatus (Roberts & Kottelat, 1994) | DatnioididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Datnioides pulcher (Kottelat, 1998) | DatnioididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Dattnioides quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809) (Sevastianof, 1809) | synonym |
| Lobotes hexazona Bleeker, 1850 Bleeker, 1850 | synonym |
| Datnioides quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809) (Sevastianof, 1809) | synonym |
| Datnoides polota (Hamilton, 1822) (Hamilton, 1822) | synonym |
| Datniodes quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809) (Sevastianof, 1809) | synonym |
| Coius binotatus Gray, 1834 Gray, 1834 | synonym |
| Chaetodon quadrifasciatus Sevastianoff, 1809 Sevastianoff, 1809 | synonym |
| Coius polota Hamilton, 1822 Hamilton, 1822 | synonym |
| Coius quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809) (Sevastianof, 1809) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280490 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6CFRP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.