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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 / profondeur / distribution range
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).
Length at first maturity / 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.
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 2025-1)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Réf.
123201): 24.7 - 29.1, mean 28.3 °C (based on 1056 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Réf.
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).
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).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
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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);
