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Sillaginidae
Southern school whiting
Sillago bassensis
Sillaginid Fish from Australian Waters
- Temperate
- Island endemic
- Island endemic species
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Oceania
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Restricted distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
MediumSouthern school whiting is a marine fish found around Eastern Indian Ocean. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 33 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Sillaginidae
- Genus
- Sillago
- Maximum length
- 33 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Eastern Indian Ocean: Endemic to southern regions of the Australian continental shelf. Distribution ranges from Kangaroo Island in South Australia (Ref. 27573 ) to Geraldton in Western Australia (Ref. 6335 ). Report from Western Victoria (Ref. 6205 ) is erroneous (Ref. 6390 ). Not yet recorded from western Tasmania.
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