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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.
Taxonomic Remarks
The species Johnius sina (Cuvier, 1830) is considered as valid in Ref. 122871.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin; saumâtre démersal; océanodrome (Ref. 51243); profondeur 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).
Longueur à la première maturité / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm 11.5, range 11 - 16.5 cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 30573); common length : 14.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 13679)
Found in coastal waters. Enters estuaries (Ref. 4833). Feeds on invertebrates and small fishes (Ref. 30573). Marketed fresh, dried salted.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 24.7 - 29.1, mean 28.3 °C (based on 1056 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00832 (0.00661 - 0.01046), b=3.06 (3.04 - 3.08), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 4.1 ±0.70 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (K=0.9; tmax=6.7; Fec=12,744).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
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Nutriments (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);
