Family Sillaginidae - Smelt-whitings
  Order
:
Sillaginidae
  Class
:
Teleostei
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 5 | Species : 36 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
:
Fresh : Yes | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Marine
  Aquarium
:
none
  First Fossil Record
:
lower   Tertiary   lower   Eocene
Ref..   McKay, R.J. 1992
  Remark
:
Distribution: Indo-west Pacific. Elongated fishes with a small, sharp mouth. Two dorsal fins, the first with 10-13 slender spines; the second with one leading spine and 16-27 soft rays. Long anal fin with 2 leading spines and 14-26 softrays. Silliganids are inshore species that feed mainly on benthic or epibenthic organisms. They are esteemed table fish and some are important in estuarine aquaculture. They attain about 45 cm maximum length.
  Etymology
:
Greek, syllego = to meet, to make meeting ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
nonguarders
  Typical activity level
:
normal
  Main Ref.
:
  Coordinator
:
  Deep Fin Classification
:
Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Eupercaria | | | incertae | | | Sillaginidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Sillaginidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Sillaginodes punctatus (Cuvier, 1829)
acceptedseniornew
Sillago punctata Cuvier, 1829
synonymseniororiginal
Isosillago punctata (Cuvier, 1829)
synonymseniornew
Sillaginodes punctata (Cuvier, 1829)
synonymseniornew
Isosillago maculata Macleay, 1878
synonymjuniororiginal
Sillaginopsis panijus (Hamilton, 1822)
acceptedseniornew
Cheilodipterus panijus Hamilton, 1822
synonymseniororiginal
Sillago panijus (Hamilton, 1822)
synonymseniornew
! Sillaginopsis punijas (Hamilton, 1822)
synonymseniornew
! Sillago panjius (Hamilton, 1822)
synonymseniornew
Sillago domina Cuvier, 1829
synonymjuniororiginal
Sillaginopsis domina (Cuvier, 1829)
synonymjuniornew
acceptedseniornew
Sillago chondropus Bleeker, 1849
synonymseniororiginal
Sillaginops macrolepis (Bleeker, 1858)
acceptedseniornew
Sillago macrolepis Bleeker, 1858
synonymseniororiginal
Sillago sihama (Fabricius, 1775)
acceptedseniornew
Atherina sihama Fabricius, 1775
synonymseniororiginal
Platycephalus sihamus (Fabricius, 1775)
synonymseniornew
! Sillago ihama (Fabricius, 1775)
synonymseniornew
! Sillago sehama (Fabricius, 1775)
synonymseniornew
Sciaena malabarica Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymjuniororiginal
Sillago malabarica (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
synonymjuniornew
Sillago acuta Cuvier, 1816
synonymjuniororiginal
Sillago erythraea Cuvier, 1829
synonymjuniororiginal
Sillago vincenti (non McKay, 1980)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Sillago lutea (non McKay, 1985)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Sillago maculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago maculata maculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
synonymseniorchange in rank
! Sillago maculate Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
synonymseniororiginal
Sillago gracilis Alleyne & Macleay, 1877
synonymjuniororiginal
Sillago burrus (non Richardson, 1842)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Sillago bassensis Cuvier, 1829
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniorchange in rank
Sillago bassensis flindersi (non McKay, 1985)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Sillago ciliata Cuvier, 1829
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago diadoi Thiollière, 1857
synonymjuniororiginal
Sillago ciliata diadoi (Thiollière, 1857)
synonymjuniornew
Sillago insularis Castelnau, 1873
synonymjuniororiginal
Sillago terraereginae Castelnau, 1878
synonymjuniororiginal
Sillago bassensis (non Cuvier, 1829)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Sillago gracilis (non Alleyne & Macleay, 1877)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Sillago burrus Richardson, 1842
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago maculata burra Richardson, 1842
synonymseniorchange in rank
! Sillago maculata burrus Richardson, 1842
synonymseniorchange in rank
Sillago maculata (non Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Sillago japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago sihama (Fabricius, 1775)
misappliedmisappliednew
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago sihama (Fabricius, 1775)
misappliedmisappliednew
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago bostockii Castelnau, 1873
synonymjuniororiginal
Sillago fraseri Whitley, 1944
synonymjuniororiginal
! Sillago frazeri Whitley, 1944
synonymjuniororiginal
Sillago bassensis (non Cuvier, 1829)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Sillago aeolus Jordan & Evermann, 1902
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago maculata aeolus (Jordan & Evermann, 1902)
synonymseniornew
Sillago maculata (non Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Sillago macrolepis (non Bleeker, 1858)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Sillago boutani Pellegrin, 1905
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago robusta Stead, 1908
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago auricomis Ogilby, 1910
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago argentifasciata Martin & Montalban, 1935
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago nierstraszi Hardenberg, 1941
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago analis Whitley, 1943
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago ciliata (non Cuvier, 1829)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Sillago intermedia Wongratana, 1977
acceptedseniororiginal
! Sillago intermedius Wongratana, 1977
synonymseniororiginal
Sillago maculata (non Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Sillago vincenti McKay, 1980
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago asiatica McKay, 1982
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago soringa Dutt & Sujatha, 1982
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago attenuata McKay, 1985
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago flindersi McKay, 1985
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
Sillago maculata (non Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Sillago bassensis (non Cuvier, 1829)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Sillago ciliata (non Cuvier, 1829)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Sillago indica McKay, Dutt & Sujatha, 1985
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago parvisquamis (non Gill, 1861)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Sillago ingenuua McKay, 1985
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago sp. 3 Not applicable
synonymotherother
Sillago argentifasciata (non Martin & Montalban, 1935)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Sillago lutea McKay, 1985
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago sp. 4 Not applicable
synonymotherother
Sillago macrolepis (non Bleeker, 1858)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Sillago microps McKay, 1985
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago vittata McKay, 1985
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago sp. 1 Not applicable
synonymotherother
Sillago arabica McKay & McCarthy, 1989
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago caudicula Kaga, Imamura & Nakaya, 2010
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago indica (non McKay, Dutt & Sujatha, 1985)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Sillago sinica Gao & Xue, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago suezensis Golani, Fricke & Tikochinski, 2013
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago sihama (Fabricius, 1775)
misappliedmisappliednew
Sillago panhwari Panhwar, Farooq, Qamar, Shaikh & Mairaj, 2017
acceptedseniororiginal
Sillago nigrofasciata Xiao, Yu, Song & Gao, 2021
acceptedseniororiginal
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