Family : Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Sin croaker
Fish Name : Johnius dussumieri
Max size : 40.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 30573)
Environment : demersal; oceanodromous ; depth range - 40 m
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.9)Distribution : Indian Ocean: Pakistan to the Andaman Islands. Records outside this area are probably misidentifications (e.g. of Johnius dorsalis in Africa).
Diagnosis :
Biology : Found in coastal waters. Enters estuaries (Ref. 4833). Feeds on invertebrates and small fishes (Ref. 30573). Marketed fresh, dried salted
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran. 1991. (Ref. 4833)

India country information
Common Names : Sharptooth hammer croaker, धोमा, धोमी, ചെറുകോര, ചെറുകോര , ધોમા , Cherukora, Croaker, Dhoma, Dhoma, Dhomi, Sin-croaker, Drab jew fish, Jew fish
Status : native
Salinity : brackish, marine
Uses : no uses