Sand Whiting (species: Sillago ciliata) in Green Island (Gaia Guide)
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Sillago ciliata
Sand Whiting


©John Turnbull: Sand Whiting (Sillago ciliata)

©Richard Ling: Sand Whiting (Sillago ciliata)

©John E. Randall: Sand Whiting (Sillago ciliata)

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Sillaginidae
Genus Sillago
Species Sillago ciliata

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 50 cm (TL)

Depth range

  • From 0 m to 46 m - applies to Usually no deeper than 20m.

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Distribution


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Distribution and habitat preferences

An onshore schooling species occurring on coastal beaches, sandbars, and surf zones as well as open bays, estuaries, coastal lakes, and rivers as far as tidal limits. Live almost exclusively on sandy ground. Juveniles and adolescents are abundant in shallow waters of rivers and creeks, over seagrass beds and in mangroves.

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