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  • Datnioides polota
  • Datnioides polota
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Scientific Name Datnioides polota    (Hamilton, 1822)
Common Name
Type Locality Ganges River estuaries, India.
Synonym(s) Chaetodon quadrifasciatus, Coius binotatus, Coius polota, Coius quadrifasciatus, Datniodes quadrifasciatus, Datnioides quadrifasciatus, Datnoides polota, Dattnioides quadrifasciatus, Lobotes hexazona
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Size 300mm or 11.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Asia and Oceania: India to Indonesia and New Guinea.
IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
Other Parameters Lives in brackish water at the mouths of large rivers and coastal lagoons, as well as in freshwater lakes and rivers above tidal influence.
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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 An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges, pp 95, 370, Pl. 38 (fig. 31).
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Last Update 2025 Jan 01 12:51 (species record created: 2014 Nov 13 23:19)