WoRMS taxon details
Datnioides polota (Hamilton, 1822)
280490 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280490)
accepted
Species
Chaetodon quadrifasciatus Sevastianoff, 1809 · unaccepted
Coius binotatus Gray, 1834 · unaccepted
Coius polota Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted
Coius quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809) · unaccepted
Datniodes quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Datnioides quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809) · unaccepted
Datnoides polota (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Dattnioides quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lobotes hexazona Bleeker, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym)
(of Coius polota Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 95, 370, Pl. 38 (fig. 31) [details]
page(s): 95, 370, Pl. 38 (fig. 31) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Datnioides polota (Hamilton, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280490 on 2026-05-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chaetodon quadrifasciatus Sevastianoff, 1809) Sevastianoff, A. (1809). Déscription de quelques nouvelles espèces d'animaux, du musée académique. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg (5. Série).</em> v. 1 (1803-1806): 443-449, Pls. 17-18. [details]
original description (of Coius polota Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 95, 370, Pl. 38 (fig. 31) [details]
original description (of Lobotes hexazona Bleeker, 1850) Bleeker, P. (1850). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Borneo, met beschrijving van 16 nieuwe soorten van zoetwatervisschen. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 1 (no. 1): 1-16. [details]
original description (of Coius polota Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 95, 370, Pl. 38 (fig. 31) [details]
original description (of Lobotes hexazona Bleeker, 1850) Bleeker, P. (1850). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Borneo, met beschrijving van 16 nieuwe soorten van zoetwatervisschen. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 1 (no. 1): 1-16. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Datnioides quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Coius polota Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Coius quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Datnoides polota (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon quadrifasciatus Sevastianoff, 1809)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Coius binotatus Gray, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Lobotes hexazona Bleeker, 1850)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Datnioides polota)
To Fishbase (from synonym Chaetodon quadrifasciatus Sevastianoff, 1809)
To Fishbase (from synonym Coius binotatus Gray, 1834)
To Fishbase (from synonym Datnioides quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809))
To Fishbase (from synonym Coius quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809))
To Fishbase (from synonym Datniodes quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809))
To Fishbase (from synonym Dattnioides quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Chaetodon quadrifasciatus Sevastianoff, 1809)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Coius polota Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Datnioides quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Datnioides quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Coius polota Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Coius quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Datnoides polota (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon quadrifasciatus Sevastianoff, 1809)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Coius binotatus Gray, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Lobotes hexazona Bleeker, 1850)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Datnioides polota)
To Fishbase (from synonym Chaetodon quadrifasciatus Sevastianoff, 1809)
To Fishbase (from synonym Coius binotatus Gray, 1834)
To Fishbase (from synonym Datnioides quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809))
To Fishbase (from synonym Coius quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809))
To Fishbase (from synonym Datniodes quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809))
To Fishbase (from synonym Dattnioides quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Chaetodon quadrifasciatus Sevastianoff, 1809)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Coius polota Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Datnioides quadrifasciatus (Sevastianof, 1809))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
