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Scientific Name Datnioides microlepis  Bleeker, 1854
Common Name Siam-Tigerbarsch (Germany)
Type Locality Kapuas River, Pontianak, Borneo, Indonesia.
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Size 450mm or 17.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification Has the deepest body of any species of Datnoides, 2.1-2.4 times in SL. Specimens from mainland Southeast Asia invariably with five full bars, specimens from Borneo with 6-7 bars, all usually continued across ventral surface of body. First bar extending uninterrupted and undiminished across opercle and onto thoracic region, and continued across ventral surface of body; a well defined black mark on ventral surface of body immediately anterior to base of pelvic fins (not present in other Datnoides).
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Distribution Asia: Chao Phraya basin, Mekong basin of mainland Southeast Asia, Kapuas basin in western Borneo and Musi basin in Sumatra. Protected in Thailand.
IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
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Feeding Feeds on fishes, prawns, crabs and some insect larvae. User data.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 5 (no. 3), pp 442.
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Last Update 2020 Oct 08 14:58 (species record created: 2013 Sep 06 17:02)