Family : Datnioididae (Freshwater tripletails)
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name :
Fish Name : Datnioides polota
Max size : 30.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 4833)
Environment : benthopelagic
Climate : tropical; 22 - 26°C; 22°N - 10°S
Global Importance : fisheries: commercial
Resilience: Distribution: Distribution : Asia and Oceania: India to Indonesia (Ref. 12693) and New Guinea (Ref. 2847).
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 12-12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-14; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 8-9. Predorsal profile strongly concave; total gill rakers on first arch 20-23; scales large, about 40-60 in lateral series; anal fin branched rays 9; color pattern highly variable; up to 7 full vertical bars on body, sometimes with 1 to 4 partial bars between full bars (Ref. 10425).
Biology : Lives in brackish water at the mouths of large rivers and coastal lagoons, as well as in freshwater lakes and rivers above tidal influence (Ref. 10425). Feeds on fishes, prawns, crabs and some insect larvae. Marketed fresh (Ref. 12693)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Roberts, T.R. and M. Kottelat. 1994. (Ref. 10425)

India country information
Common Names : Four-barred tigerfish
Status : native
Salinity : freshwater, brackish
Uses : no uses