WoRMS taxon details
Johnius coitor (Hamilton, 1822)
276104 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276104)
accepted
Species
Bola coitor Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted
Johnius coibor (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Jonius coitor (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Sciaena coitor (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Bola coitor Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 75, 368, Pl. 27 (fig. 24) [details]
page(s): 75, 368, Pl. 27 (fig. 24) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Johnius coitor (Hamilton, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276104 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bola coitor Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 75, 368, Pl. 27 (fig. 24) [details]
page(s): 75, 368, Pl. 27 (fig. 24) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Johnius coibor (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Sciaena coitor (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Bola coitor Hamilton, 1822)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Johnius coitor)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena coitor (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Bola coitor Hamilton, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Johnius coibor (Hamilton, 1822))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Bola coitor Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Sciaena coitor (Hamilton, 1822))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Johnius coibor (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Sciaena coitor (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Bola coitor Hamilton, 1822)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Johnius coitor)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena coitor (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Bola coitor Hamilton, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Johnius coibor (Hamilton, 1822))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Bola coitor Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Sciaena coitor (Hamilton, 1822))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
