Sillaginidae

Eastern school whiting

Sillago flindersi

Preying on crustaceans and worms seasonally

• Temperate
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Fusiform
• Medium
• Temperate fish

The eastern school whiting (Sillago flindersi), also known as the redspot whiting, Bass Strait whiting, Flinders' sillago, silver whiting or spotted whiting, is a species of benthic marine fish of the smelt-whiting family Sillaginidae. The eastern school whiting is endemic to Australia, distributed along the east coast from southern Queensland down to Tasmania and South Australia, where it inhabits sandy substrates from shallow tidal flats to depths of 180 m on the continental shelf. Eastern school whiting prey on various crustaceans and polychaete worms, with the diet varying seasonally and throughout the range of the species.