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Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Eponymy: Rev Dr Christoph Samuel John (1747–1813) was a botanist and herpetologist and a medical missionary (1771–1813) at the Danish trading station of Tranquebar (now Tharangambadi), Tamil Nadu, not far from Madras (Chennai). [...] Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792–1883) was a French merchant, collector, traveller and ship owner. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Cuvier.
Issue
The species Johnius sina (Cuvier, 1830) is considered as valid in Ref. 122871.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Οικολογία
Θαλασσινό(ά); Υφάλμυρο βενθικό(ς); ωκεανόδρομο(ς) (Ref. 51243); εύρος βάθους 5 - 50 m (Ref. 122858). Tropical; 26°N - 8°N
Indian Ocean: Pakistan to the Andaman Islands. Records outside this area are probably misidentifications (e.g. of Johnius dorsalis in Africa).
Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age
Maturity: Lm 11.5, range 11 - 16.5 cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 30573); common length : 14.0 cm SL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 13679)
Found in coastal waters. Enters estuaries (Ref. 4833). Feeds on invertebrates and small fishes (Ref. 30573). Marketed fresh, dried salted.
Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991. Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, i-xxii + 543-1158, 1 pl. (Ref. 4833)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 24.7 - 29.1, mean 28.3 °C (based on 1056 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00832 (0.00655 - 0.01057), b=3.07 (3.05 - 3.09), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Τροφικό Επίπεδο (Ref.
69278): 4.1 ±0.70 se; based on food items.
Ελαστικότητα (Ref.
120179): Μεσαίο(α), ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού 1,4 - 4,4 έτη (K=0.9; tmax=6.7; Fec=12,744).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 429 [106, 1,406] mg/100g; Iron = 1.6 [0.6, 3.7] mg/100g; Protein = 19.1 [17.1, 21.2] %; Omega3 = 0.257 [0.136, 0.439] g/100g; Selenium = 115 [37, 358] μg/100g; VitaminA = 13.8 [4.8, 43.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.58 [0.74, 2.82] mg/100g (wet weight);
