Species Sillago vittata McKay, 1985

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Sillago (Parasillago) vittata McKay, R.J. 1985. A revision of the fishes of the family Sillaginidae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 22(1): 1-73 figs 1-18 [20, fig. 4B].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM P.14172, off Rottnest Island, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM P.14158-14171; WAM P.14173-14176; WAM P.14983-001; WAM P.15242-15246; WAM P.19230-001; WAM P.28607-001.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Sillago sp. 1. —
  Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [150]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rottnest Island (32ºS) to Maud Landing (23º07´S), WA and possibly north to Broome (17º57´S); tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, sand bottom marine.

Extra Ecological Information

20-55 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [98]

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [62]

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [150] (as Sillago sp. 1)

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [56]

McKay, R.J. 1985. A revision of the fishes of the family Sillaginidae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 22(1): 1-73 figs 1-18 [20]

McKay, R.J. 1992. FAO Species Catalog. Sillaginid fishes of the world (Family Sillaginidae) an annotated and illustrated catalogue of the Sillago, smelt of the Indo-Pacific whiting species. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 14. 1-87 pp. [64]

 

Common Name References

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [129] (Western School Whiting)

McKay, R.J. 1985. A revision of the fishes of the family Sillaginidae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 22(1): 1-73 figs 1-18 [20] (Banded Whiting)

McKay, R.J. 1992. FAO Species Catalog. Sillaginid fishes of the world (Family Sillaginidae) an annotated and illustrated catalogue of the Sillago, smelt of the Indo-Pacific whiting species. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 14. 1-87 pp. [64] (FAO) (Banded Sillago)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Western School Whiting)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
27-Nov-2012		27-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED