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Bony fish

Yellowfin Sillago

Sillago schomburgkii

Also known as: Finescale Whiting, Fine-scaled Whiting, Sand Borer, Sandsmelt, Silver Whiting, Western Sand Whiting, Yellowfin Whiting, Yellow-finned Whiting

Adult
@fishx6 · Blow Holes, Carnarvon, WA, Australia · June 20131 / 3
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Overview

Found singly or in schools, congregating in hollows along sand banks, bars and spits, then at high tide they move across sand flats to feed, then when the tide falls, retreat to slopes of the banks, sometimes found in brackish waters of tidal creeks.
Juveniles found in warmer waters in seagrass beds close to mangrove lined creeks.
Eastern Indian Ocean - Australia

Major food source for the fishing industry and highly prized by the recreational fisherman.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Fins & Tail
yellow tail

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Indian Ocean
  • Exact location · 2
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Found singly or in schools, congregating in hollows along sand banks, bars and spits, then at high tide they move across sand flats to feed, then when the tide falls, retreat to slopes of the banks, sometimes found in brackish waters of tidal creeks.

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Adult photos 3

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familySillaginidae
    6. genusSillago
    7. speciesSillago schomburgkii Peters, 1864

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    More in the family

    Eupercaria incertae sedis