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Johnius medidentatus Geenita, Pavan-Kumar, Bhushan, Devi & Jaiswar, 2025 Moderate-toothed croaker |
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photo by
Geenita, K. et al., 2025 |
| Family: | Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers) | |||
| Max. size: | 14.1 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; marine | |||
| Distribution: | Western Indian Ocean: India. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 9-10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25-30; Anal soft rays: 7-7. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: body oval shaped; enlarged teeth in the inner row of lower jaw moderate in size; slightly longer pre-anal length, 68.5-73.5% SL; moderately large eye, 21.8-30.1% HL; scales below lateral line, 11-13 (mode 12); and total number of outer gill rakers on first gill arch 5-8 (mode 7) + 10-15 (mode 13) = 17-24 (mode 21) (Ref. 138459). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||