Description

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25 - 28; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 7. Greenish or bluish grey above, silvery below; fins yellowish (Ref. 9772).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Sciaenidae

Genus: Johnius

Species: Johnius heterolepis Bleeker, 1873

Climate Zone

Biology

Inhabits shallow coastal waters (Ref. 9772).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Data deficient

Threat to Humans

Harmless