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  • Sillago sihama
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Scientific Name Sillago sihama  (Fabricius, 1775)
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Type Locality [Lohajæ] Al-Luhayya, Yemen, Red Sea.
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Size 310mm or 12.2" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and Knysna, South Africa to Japan and south to Australia. Reported from New Caledonia. Mediterranean sea: Turkey. In Japan, this name has often been misapplied to Sillago japonica. Often misidentified as Sillago lutea or Sillago vincenti.
IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2015.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål), pp 70, xiii.
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Last Update 2020 Jan 23 12:03 (species record created: 2014 Nov 13 23:19)