Caroun Croaker
Johnius carouna
- Usual depth5–23 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) lunarjade, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 32 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–23 m · Deepest record: 26.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Caroun Croaker
Names in 3 more languages
- Spanish
- Corvina Caruna
- French
- Courbine Caroune
- Thai
- ปลาจวดม่อม
Other scientific names: Corvina carouna
Similar species
CroakerJohnius borneensis
CroakerJohnius dussumieri
- Bearded croaker
Johnius amblycephalus
Bottlenose CroakerJohnius australis
- Belangeri Croaker
Johnius belangerii
- Jew Fish
Johnius carutta
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).
- 83 open-data records from 1830 to 2023.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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