Johnius macrorhynus és una espècie de peix de la família dels esciènids i de l'ordre dels perciformes.
Morfologia Els mascles poden assolir 30 cm de longitud total.FishBase Sasaki, K., 2001. Sciaenidae. Croakers (drums). p.3117-3174. A: K.E. Carpenter i V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volum 5. Bony fishes part 3 (Menidae to Pomacentridae). Roma, FAO. p. 2791-3380.
Hàbitat És un peix marí, de clima tropical i bentopelàgic.
Distribució geogràfica Es troba des de l'Índia i Sri Lanka fins al Mar de la Xina Meridional, Borneo i la península de Malaca.Chakraborty, S.K., 1992. Length-weight relationship and biometric study on three species of sciaenids from Bombay waters. J. Indian Fish. Assoc. 22:41-48.Chakraborty, S.K., 1994. Population dynamics of sciaenid Johnius macrorhynus (Pisces/Perciformes/Sciaenidae) from Bombay waters. Indian J. Mar. Sci. 23:86-89.Chakraborty, S.K., 2001. Growth studies of sciaenids from Mumbai waters using the Bhattacharya method. Naga ICLARM Q. 24(1&2):40-41.Chakraborty, S.K., R.S. Biradar, A.K. Jaiswar i R. Palaniswamy, 2005. Population parameters of some commercially important fishery resources of Mumbai coast. Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Deemed University, Versova, Mumbai, 63 p.Chakraborty, S.K., V.D. Deshmukh, M.Z. Kahn, K. Vidyasagar i S.G. Raje, 1997. Estimate of growth, mortality, recruitment pattern and maximum sustainable yield of important fishery resources of Maharashtra coast. Indian J. Mar. Sci. 26:53-56.Chen, C.-H., 2004. Checklist of the fishes of Penghu. FRI Special Publication. Núm. 4. 175 p.De Bruin, G.H.P., B.C. Russell i A. Bogusch, 1995. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. The marine fishery resources of Sri Lanka. Roma, FAO. 400 p.Huang, Z., 2001. Marine species and their distribution in China's seas. p. 404- 463. Vertebrata. Smithsonian Institution, Florida, Estats Units. 598 p.Kapoor, D., R. Dayal i A.G. Ponniah, 2002. Fish biodiversity of India. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources Lucknow, Índia. 775 p.Kharbhari, J.P., 1982. Marine Fisheries Information Services India. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute: 18-23.Randall, J.E. i K.K.P. Lim (eds.), 2000. A checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea. Raffles Bull. Zool. Suppl. (8):569-667.Shen, S.C. (ed.), 1993. Fishes of Taiwan. Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University, Taipei. 960 p.
Observacions És inofensiu per als humans.
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Bibliografia
Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao i C.F. Lai (eds.), 1999. Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan.
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