Smooth Jewfish, Johnius laevis Sasaki & Kailola 1991
Other Names: Coitor Croaker, Smooth Croaker
Smooth Jewfish, Johnius laevis. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
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Bray, D.J. 2018, Johnius laevis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 09 Oct 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2507
Smooth Jewfish, Johnius laevis Sasaki & Kailola 1991
More Info
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Distribution |
Northern Australia from the Bonaparte Archipelago, Western Australia, to off Port Essington, Northern Territory, and southern Papua New Guinea. |
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Feeding |
Feeds on small crustaceans, fish and benthic invertebrates. |
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Fisheries |
Taken as bycatch in prawn trawl fisheries. |
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Etymology |
The specific name laevis (smooth) refers to the smooth touch of the body, due to the poorly developed ctenii on the scales. |
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Species Citation |
Johnius (Johnius) laevis Sasaki & Kailola 1991. Japan. J. Ichthyol. 38(2): 119, figs 1- 2. Type locality: off Port Essington, Northern Territory. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2018 |
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Resources |
Smooth Jewfish, Johnius laevis Sasaki & Kailola 1991
References
Chao, N.L. & Sasaki, K. 2010. Johnius laevis (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T154704A115225202. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154704A4611206.en. Downloaded on 02 July 2018.
Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. (as Johnius coitor)
Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. (as Johnius coitor)
Sasaki, K. 2001. Sciaenidae. pp. 3117-3174 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds) The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp.
Sasaki, K. & Kailola, P.J. 1991. Johnius (Johnius) laevis, a new sciaenid from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 38(2): 119-123 figs 1-3
Tonks, M.L., Griffiths, S.P., Heales, D.S., Brewer, D.T. & Dell, Q. 2008. Species composition and temporal variation of prawn trawl bycatch in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, northwestern Australia. Fisheries Research 89(3): 276–293. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2007.09.007
