Stout whiting

Sillago robusta

Thirty Centimeters Sillaginid Fish from Australian Waters

Stout whiting is a marine fish from Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 30 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Sillaginidae
Genus: Sillago
Maximum length: 30 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: endemic to Australian waters from Fremantle northward to Shark Bay (western population), and from southern Queensland to New South Wales (eastern population).

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