Datnioides Bleeker [P.] 1853:440 Masc. Datnioides polota Bleeker 1853 (= Coius polota Hamilton 1822). Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1876:272 [as "Datnioides quadrifasciatus Blkr = Datnioides polota Blkr = Chaetodon quadrifasciatus Seuvast."; polota and microlepis are the two original included species; polota Hamilton the type.] See Coius Hamilton 1822. See Kottelat 2000 [ref. 25865] for change in status and family placement. •Treated as valid as Datnioides Bleeker 1853 -- (Kottelat 1989:17 [ref. 13605], Ataur Rahman 1989:325 [ref. 24860] as Datnoides, Allen 1991:138 [ref. 21090]). •Placed in Percoidei incerte sedis -- (Johnson 1984:465 [ref. 9681]). •Synonym of Coius Hamilton 1822 -- (Roberts & Kottelat 1994:258 [ref. 21569], Carpenter 2001:2942 [ref. 26101]). •Valid as Datnioides Bleeker 1876 -- (Kottelat 2000:92 [ref. 25865], Kottelat 2000:88 [ref. 25486], Hilton & Bemis 2005:665 [ref. 28319], Kottelat 2013:344 [ref. 32989], Gill & Leis 2019:22 [ref. 36999]). Current status: Valid as Datnioides Bleeker 1853. Lobotidae.