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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). [...] Dr Theodore Edvard Cantor (1809–1860) was a Danish amateur zoologist and Superintendent Physician of the European Asylum, Bhowanipur, Calcutta. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Bleeker.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic. Tropical
Eastern Indian Ocean: known only from the holotype from Malaysia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 10084)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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