Blackspotted croaker

Blackspotted croaker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: Protonibea
Trewavas, 1971
Species:
P. diacanthus
Binomial name
Protonibea diacanthus
(Lacépède, 1802)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lutjanus diacanthus Lacépède, 1802
  • Johnius diacanthus (Lacépède, 1802)
  • Nibea diacanthus (Lacépède, 1802)
  • Protonibea diacantha (Lacépède, 1802)
  • Pseudosciaena diacanthus (Lacepède, 1802)
  • Sciaena diacanthus (Lacépède, 1802)
  • Johnius cataleus Cuvier, 1829
  • Corvina catalea (Cuvier, 1829)
  • Corvina platycephala Cuvier, 1830
  • Johnius valenciennii Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850
  • Sciaena goma Tanaka, 1915
  • Corvina nigromaculata Borodin, 1930
  • Sciaena antarctica rex Whitley, 1945

The blackspotted croaker (Protonibea diacanthus), also known in Australia as the black jewfish,[3] is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. This fish is found in the Indo-Pacific region. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Protonibea.

  1. ^ Sadovy, Y.; Janekikarn, S.; Chao, L.; Mok, H.-K.; Sasaki, K.; Liu, M.; Hoshino, K.; Sakai, T.; Nguyen Van, Q.; Santos, M.; Yang, C.-H.; Chen, M.-H.; Yeh, H.-M. & Liu, S.-H. (2020). "Protonibea diacanthus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T49188717A49227587. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T49188717A49227587.en. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Protonibea diacanthus". FishBase. February 2023 version.
  3. ^ Boating, fishing and marine > Fish species > Black jewfish Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 20 February 2021.