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Johnius heterolepis  Bleeker, 1873

Large-scale croaker
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
More on author: Bleeker.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic.   Tropical, preferred ?

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Indo-Pacific: Malaysia, Indonesia around the coasts of Sumatra and Java, including Singapore.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9772); common length : 12.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9772)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25-28; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 7. Greenish or bluish grey above, silvery below; fins yellowish (Ref. 9772).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits shallow coastal waters (Ref. 9772).

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Sasaki, K., 1992. Two new and two resurrected species of the sciaenid genus Johnius (Johnius) from the West Pacific. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 39(3):191-199. (Ref. 10084)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial
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