Sillaginidae

Estuarine whiting

Sillago vincenti

Distinctive swim bladder morphology

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Indian Ocean
• South Asia
• Elongated
• Medium
• Tropical fish

The estuarine whiting (Sillago vincenti), also known as Vincent's whiting, is a species of benthic inshore marine fish of the smelt-whiting family, Sillaginidae. The estuarine whiting is very similar in appearance to the northern whiting, Sillago sihama, and as such was mistaken for the latter until 1980, when R.J. McKay identified the species based primarily on swimbladder morphology. The estuarine whiting is distributed along both the east and west coasts of India, primarily inhabiting the muddy substrates of estuaries.