Siamese tigerfish

Siamese tigerfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Lobotidae
Genus: Datnioides
Species:
D. pulcher
Binomial name
Datnioides pulcher
(Kottelat, 1998)
Synonyms[2]
  • Coius pulcher Kottelat, 1998

The Siamese tigerfish (Datnioides pulcher), also known as the Siamese tiger perch, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lobotidae, the tripletails and tiger perches. This fish is endemic to Indochina and is assessed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN.

  1. ^ Vidthayanon, C. (2011). "Datnioides pulcher". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T180969A7656475. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T180969A7656475.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Datnioides pulcher". FishBase. June 2023 version.