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Scientific Name Sillago sihama    (Fabricius, 1775)
Common Name
Type Locality [Lohajæ] Al-Luhayya, Yemen, Red Sea.
Synonym(s) Atherina sihama, Platycephalus sihamus, Sciaena malabarica, Sillago acuta, Sillago erythraea, Sillago ihama, Sillago malabarica, Sillago sehama
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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 2025 Jan 01 12:50 (species record created: 2014 Nov 13 23:19)