Bearded croaker (Johnius amblycephalus)

Scientific name: Johnius amblycephalus Bleeker, 1855

Bearded croaker (Johnius amblycephalus)

The Bearded croaker (Johnius amblycephalus) is a freshwater fish of the family Sciaenidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23-26; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 7

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Johnius amblycephalus
Family
Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
25.0
Common length
15.0
Depth range
40 m (131 ft)
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; depth range ? - 40 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: east of Pakistan through the coastal waters of the Indian Ocean and the Indo-Australian Archipelago to the Philippines, New Guinea and to the Repulse Bay, Queensland; through the South China Sea to Hainan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Kwangtung. Reports from southern Africa are misidentifications of Johnius fuscolineatus.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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