Sillaginidae

Large-scale sillago

Sillaginops macrolepis

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Southeast Asia
• Elongated
• Medium
• Tropical fish

The large-scale whiting (Sillaginops macrolepis) the only member of the genus Sillaginops, is a poorly understood species of coastal marine fish of the smelt- whiting family Sillaginidae. First described in 1859, the large-scale whiting is known to inhabit shallow waters along the coasts of a number of Indo-Pacific countries including Japan, Indonesia, Philippines and the Solomon Islands. Little is known of the species biology, even though it is of minor importance to fisheries throughout its range.