Identification Notes of Johnius Fishes from Bay of Bengal Coast, Andhra Pradesh, India

Fishes are commercially valuable vertebrates, easily accessible protein sources for all human populations despite of their financial status. Andhra Pradesh has one of the longest coastal lines in the country, and largely partaking in the production of marine products and influencing the state as well as the country’s exporting capacity. Johnius of family Sciaenidae is one of the highly preferred consumable fish species. Our recent studies revealed five species of Johnius occurrence in coastal of waters of Andhra Pradesh and discussed here as identification notes. We observed high sales of small fish species of Johnius at local vendors in all landing centres and sized fishes exporting through the different agencies was also noted and more accurate studies suggested to know the statistical data of Johnius fish species because of commercial importance.