Yellowfin whiting

Sillago schomburgkii

Forty Two Centimeters Sillaginid Fish from the Indian Ocean

Yellowfin whiting is known from Eastern Indian Ocean as a fish. Records give a maximum length of 42 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Sillaginidae
Genus: Sillago
Maximum length: 42 cm
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: endemic to Australia, from Dampier to Albany in Western Australia and Gulf St Vincent and Spencer Gulf waters in South Australia. It is not known whether they also occur in the intervening waters.

Report a correction