Belangeri Croaker
Johnius belangerii
- Usual depth5–38 m
- Water temperature15–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 167 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–38 m · Deepest record: 45 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 15–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Belangeri Croaker, Belanger's Croaker, Belanger's Jewfish, Belenger's Croaker, Boulenger's Croaker, Jewfish, Mini-knob, Perch, River Perch
Names in 5 more languages
- Spanish
- Corvina de Belanger
- French
- Courbine de Belanger
- Korean
- 민태
- Thai
- ปลาจวดดำ, ปลาจวดเทา
- Simplified Chinese
- 加網, 皮氏叫姑魚, 黑鮸
Other scientific names: Corvina belengerii, Corvina kuhlii, Corvina lobata, Corvina nallakatshelee, Johnius belengeri, Johnius belengerii, Pseudomycterus maccullochi, Sciaena belangeri, Sciaena belengeri, Sciaena nasus
Similar species
- Bearded croaker
Johnius amblycephalus
- Croaker
Johnius borneensis
- Japanese meagre
Argyrosomus japonicus
- Squaretail kob
Argyrosomus thorpei
- Geelbeck croaker
Atractoscion aequidens
- Southern meagre
Argyrosomus hololepidotus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 356 open-data records from 1830 to 2023.
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