Description

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26 - 31; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 7. Body silvery, everywhere so clouded with brown dots as to quite obscure the ground color; pectoral and pelvic fins pale (Ref. 9772).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Sciaenidae

Genus: Johnius

Species: Johnius australis (Günther, 1880)

Climate Zone

Biology

Inhabits shallow coastal waters, estuaries and rivers (Ref. 9772).

Habitat

freshwater

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless