Finescale tigerfish
Amazing fact
The finescale tigerfish has a black mark just in front of the base of its pelvic fins.
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The finescale tigerfish has a black mark just in front of the base of its pelvic fins.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Finescale tigerfish
- Scientific name
- Datnioides microlepis
- Japanese name
- ダトニオ（プラスワン）
- Group
- Freshwater animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Datnioididae
- Genus
- Datnioides
How the Finescale tigerfish lives
It lives in rivers and lakes, often in places with many submerged branches. When young, it eats zooplankton in the water. As an adult, it eats small shrimps, fish fry and small fish.
FishBaseBasic data
- Range
- Indonesia
Where the Finescale tigerfish has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ダトニオ（プラスワン）
- 简体中文
- 泰国虎鱼
- 繁體中文
- 泰國虎魚
- Español
- Perca Tigre de Borneo
- Português (Brasil)
- Perca-tigre-escamada
- Tiếng Việt
- Cá hổ Xiêm
- Русский
- Сиамский тигровый окунь
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ダトニオ（プラスワン）Checked: 2026-11-04
- FishBase — Datnioides microlepis, Finescale tigerfishChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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