Johnius medidentatus Geenita, Pavan-Kumar, Bhushan, Devi & Jaiswar, 2025
Moderate-toothed croaker
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Johnius medidentatus
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: medidentatus: Name 'medidentatus' from the Latin words 'medius' and 'dentatus', meaning 'middle' and 'toothed', in reference to the moderate-size teeth in the inner row of the lower jaw of the new species.
Eponymy: Rev Dr Christoph Samuel John (1747–1813) was a botanist and herpetologist and a medical missionary (1771–1813) at the Danish trading station of Tranquebar (now Tharangambadi), Tamil Nadu, not far from Madras (Chennai). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Etymology: medidentatus: Name 'medidentatus' from the Latin words 'medius' and 'dentatus', meaning 'middle' and 'toothed', in reference to the moderate-size teeth in the inner row of the lower jaw of the new species.
Eponymy: Rev Dr Christoph Samuel John (1747–1813) was a botanist and herpetologist and a medical missionary (1771–1813) at the Danish trading station of Tranquebar (now Tharangambadi), Tamil Nadu, not far from Madras (Chennai). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic. Tropical
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Western Indian Ocean: India.
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Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25 - 30; Anal soft rays: 7. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: body oval shaped; enlarged teeth in the inner row of lower jaw moderate in size; slightly longer pre-anal length, 68.5-73.5% SL; moderately large eye, 21.8-30.1% HL; scales below lateral line, 11-13 (mode 12); and total number of outer gill rakers on first gill arch 5-8 (mode 7) + 10-15 (mode 13) = 17-24 (mode 21) (Ref. 138459).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.
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Geenita, K., A. Pavan-Kumar, S. Bhushan, S.M. Devi and A.K. Jaiswar, 2025. A new moderate-toothed croaker, Johnius medidentatus sp. nov. (Acanthuriformes, Sciaenidae) from the Indian Ocean. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(4):1921-1932. (Ref. 138459)
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Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00891 (0.00412 - 0.01928), b=3.07 (2.90 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).