Home›Where they come from›MelakaRiverMelakaOne profile names the Melaka. That is what has been written, not what lives there.Species1Families1Photographed1 of 1Difficulty rated1 of 1That fish is also recorded fromBagoBaritoBernamChao PhrayaChilkaGangesHooghlyMahanadiRuns throughMalaysiaDatnioides polotaSilver Tiger PerchDatnioididae · Hamilton, 1822Max length300mm SL12in SLTank180 × 60cm72 × 24inTemp20–28°C68–82°FpH7.5–9.0D. polota is sometimes referred to as D. quadrifasciatus (Sevastianov, 1809) but the original name of the latter, Chaetodon quadrifasciatus Sevastianov, 1809, is a junior primary homonym of the older Chaetodon quadrifasciatus Bloch & Schneider 1801, thus Coius polota Hamilton, 1822 takes precedence.Moderate
