Description

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 28 - 31; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 25. Swim bladder hammer-shaped with a series of arborescent appendages along its sides. Lower jaw with a row of enlarged teeth. Jaws short. Last pleural rib on the 11th vertebra.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Sciaenidae

Genus: Johnius

Species: Johnius distinctus (Tanaka, 1916)

Climate Zone

Biology

Found in muddy and sandy-muddy bottoms (Ref. 43239).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless