Sillaginidae

Golden lined whiting

Sillago analis

Sillaginid Fish of Australian Waters

• Yellow
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Fusiform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

The golden lined whiting (Sillago analis), also known as the Tin Can Bay whiting or rough-scale whiting, is a species of inshore marine fish of the smelt whiting family, Sillaginidae that inhabits the coastlines of northern Australia and lower Papua New Guinea. The golden lined whiting can be more readily distinguished by its colour than other whitings in the genus Sillago, although swim bladder morphology and spine and ray counts are the most precise method of identification. S. analis is an opportunistic predator, taking a variety of crustaceans, polychaetes and molluscs, with a transition of diet seen as the fish mature.