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Sillaginidae (Smelt-whitings)
Etymology: Sillago: From a locality in Australia.
Eponymy: Matthew Flinders (1774–1814) was an English explorer and navigator who joined the British Navy and trained as a navigator, having wanted to be a sailor and explorer ever since reading Robinson Crusoe. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / গভীরতার পরিসীমা / distribution range
বাস্তুসংস্থান
সামুদ্রিক তলদেশ বিহারী; মহাসাগরে বিচরনক্ষম (Ref. 51243); গভীরতার পরিসীমা 1 - 180 m (Ref. 6205), usually ? - 80 m (Ref. 27575). Temperate; 25°S - 44°S, 132°E - 154°E
Western Pacific: southern Queensland to Anxious Bay, South Australia, and the east coast of Tasmania.
Length at first maturity / আকৃতি / ওজন / Age
পরিপক্কতা : Lm 14.5, range 14 - 16 cm
Max length : 32.0 cm TL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (Ref. 6335); সর্বোচ্চ উলি্ল্লখিত বয়স : 7 বৎসর (Ref. 27578)
পৃষ্ঠীয় কাঁটা (মোট ) : 12; পৃষ্ঠীয় নরম পাখনা দন্ড (মোট ) : 16 - 18; পায়ূ কাঁটা : 2; পায়ূর নরম পাখনা্তুন্ড: 18 - 20; কশেরুকা : 32 - 34. Coloration is very similar to S. bassensis. No dark spot at the base of the pectoral fin; a series of oblique rusty brown bars on back and upper sides, with a longitudinal row of rusty brown blotches along the midlateral silver stripe.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: circular.
Live close to the sea bed over sandy substrates. They normally inhabit depths from the surf zone to 80 m (Ref. 27575), although small catches have been taken from deeper water (Ref. 6335). Juveniles congregate in shallow water where they may be taken by line in large quantities. Feed mainly on crustaceans, amphipods, decapods, mysids and copepods. Juveniles consume mostly copepods (Ref. 6223). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Spawn from October to March in southern New South Wales but spawn in winter in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales (Ref. 6205).
It is likely that this species spawn more than once during the spawning period, and that some eggs are resorbed by females at the end of the spawning season (Ref. 27577).
McKay, R.J., 1992. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 14. Sillaginid fishes of the world (family Sillaginidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the sillago, smelt or Indo-Pacific whiting species known to date. Rome: FAO. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(14):87p. (Ref. 6205)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (সূত্র
123201): 14.1 - 20.1, mean 15.4 °C (based on 166 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (সূত্র
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00832 (0.00351 - 0.01970), b=3.07 (2.86 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
ট্রফিক পর্যায়ে (সূত্র
69278): 3.3 ±0.43 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 2.4 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
স্থিতিস্থাপক (সূত্র
120179): মাধ্যম , সর্বনিম্ন প্রজন দ্বিগুনের সময় ১.৪-৪.৪ বৎসর (K=0.46(?); tm=2; tmax=7; Fec=30,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (22 of 100).
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