Johnius carutta Bloch, 1793

Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil & Tudu, Prasad Chandra, 2017, An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 4-4 : 4-

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10913907

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B20633-FF88-FFC4-FCA1-EFD9FA7485AA

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scientific name

Johnius carutta Bloch, 1793
status

 

30. Johnius carutta Bloch, 1793 View in CoL

Karut croaker (Figure 31)

Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Mohana, Reg. No. MARC /ZSI/F3728 .

Description: D XI+26-29, A II+7. A small species with a rounded snout. Mouth small, low-set, nearly horizontal and inferior; no barbel on chin; caudal fin rhomboid. Chin & snout both with 5 pores. Upper two-thirds of body dark grey with a yellow or white streak along lateral line; upper two-thirds of first dorsal black. Caught with bottom trawls and bottom setnets.

Distribution: Indian Ocean: Pakistan eastward to the west coast of the Malay Peninsula.

Remarks: The fish has a commercial value. Size: 30 cm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterigii

Order

Perciformes

Family

Sciaenidae

Genus

Johnius

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