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Tiger fish

Amniataba percoides (Günther, 1864)

Status not recordedbony fish

The tiger fish (Amniataba percoides) is a species in the family Terapontidae, order Centrarchiformes.

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Quick facts about the tiger fish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the tiger fish live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the tiger fish as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Australiainvasive

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the tiger fish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the tiger fish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCentrarchiformes
  5. familyTerapontidae
  6. genusAmniataba
  7. SpeciesAmniataba percoides (Günther, 1864)

Synonyms Amniataba percoides burnettensis, Amniataba percoides yorkensis, Datnia fasciata, Therapon percoides, Therapon percoides yorkensis, Therapon spinosior, Therapon terraereginae, Therapon terrareginae

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Banded grunterEnglish
  • Barred grunterEnglish
  • Black-banded grunterEnglish
  • Black-striped grunterEnglish
  • Intama-intamaEnglish
  • bručoun pruhovanýCzech
  • Trompetero tigreSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tiger fish

Other species in the same genus Amniataba.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the tiger fish an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the tiger fish as invasive in 1 country: Australia. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

What kind of animal is the tiger fish?

The tiger fish (Amniataba percoides) belongs to the family Terapontidae in the order Centrarchiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Tiger fish (Amniataba percoides). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/amniataba-percoides

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BibTeX
@misc{amniataba_percoides_2026,
  title = {Tiger fish (Amniataba percoides)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/amniataba-percoides},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}