Asian sillago

📖 Overview

Overview information for Asian sillago is currently being compiled by our editorial team.

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20 - 21; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 21 - 23; Vertebrae: 34. The swim bladder with three anterior extensions, the middle one projecting forward and the anterolateral ones recurved backward along the swim bladder; only single posterior extension is present. The head and body pale sandy brown to light fawn; belly is paler, almost white. An indistinct pale mid-lateral stripe is present on some specimens. The opercle and preopercle are transparent with a crescentic patch of black-brown spots in a pigmented area the shape of the gill arches on the inside of the gill cover, and showing through. The fins are hyaline; the margins of the unpaired fins finely spotted with brown; the upper and lower margin of the caudal fin dark brown to almost black.: elongated; Cross section: circular.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Asian sillago is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Asian sillago is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Asian sillago is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 10 - 50 m . Tropical; 28°N - 4°N, 98°E - 125°E

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🌐 Names & Taxonomy

🐠 Related Species

🔍 Similar Species

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 1 records indexed .

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