Blackspotted croaker

Blackspotted croaker
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific 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
	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, 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.

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