Large-scale whiting
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The large-scale whiting (Sillaginops macrolepis) the only member of the genus Sillaginops,[1] 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.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Spariformes |
Family: | Sillaginidae |
Genus: | Sillaginops Kaga, 2013[1] |
Species: | S. macrolepis |
Binomial name | |
Sillaginops macrolepis (Bleeker, 1859) | |
Range of the large-scale whiting | |
Synonyms | |
Sillago macrolepis Bleeker, 1859 |
The species was first scientifically described by the Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker in 1859 from a specimen collected from the waters of Batavia in Bali, Indonesia. This specimen was designated to be the holotype.[2]