Siamese tigerfish
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The Siamese tigerfish is a carnivorous fish that eats fish and shrimps.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Siamese tigerfish
- Scientific name
- Datnioides pulcher
- Japanese name
- ダトニオイデス
- Group
- Freshwater animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Datnioididae
- Genus
- Datnioides
Bold, clear black bands run down its sides, with a V-shaped band over its eye and a thin band at the base of its tail.
How the Siamese tigerfish lives
It lives in the middle and lower reaches of rivers and also occurs in large marshlands.
FishBaseBasic data
- Range
- Thailand and Cambodia
Where the Siamese 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
- ダトニオイデス
- 简体中文
- 暹罗虎鱼
- 繁體中文
- 暹羅虎魚
- Español
- Perca Tigre Siamés
- Português (Brasil)
- Perca-tigre-siamesa
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 — ダトニオイデスChecked: 2026-11-04
- FishBase — Datnioides pulcher, Siamese tiger perchChecked: 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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