Johnius laevis Sasaki & Kailola, 1991
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Johnius laevis Sasaki & Kailola, 1991
- Name authority
- Sasaki & Kailola, 1991
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Sciaenidae
- Genus
- Johnius
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familySciaenidae Cuvier, 1829
- genusJohnius Bloch, 1793
- speciesJohnius laevis Sasaki & Kailola, 1991
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Johnius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| bearded croakerJohnius amblycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Johnius belangerii (Cuvier, 1830) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Johnius borneensis (Bleeker, 1851) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Johnius cantori Bleeker, 1874 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Johnius carouna (Cuvier, 1830) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Johnius carutta Bloch, 1793 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Johnius coitor (Hamilton, 1822) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Johnius fasciatus Chu, Lo & Wu, 1963 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Johnius gangeticus Talwar, 1991 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Johnius glaucus (Day, 1876) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Johnius macropterus (Bleeker, 1853) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Johnius majan Iwatsuki, Jawad & Al-Mamry, 2012 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02905536 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3QQ68. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.