Large-scale whiting
| Large-scale whiting | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Sillaginidae |
| Genus: | Sillaginops Kaga, 2013 |
| Species: | S. macrolepis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sillaginops macrolepis (Bleeker, 1859) | |
| Range of the large-scale whiting | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sillago macrolepis Bleeker, 1859 | |
The large-scale whiting (Sillaginops macrolepis) the only member of the genus Sillaginops, is a poorly understood species of coastal marine fish of the smelt- whiting family Sillaginidae. First described in 1859, the large-scale whiting is known to inhabit shallow waters along the coasts of a number of Indo-Pacific countries including Japan, Indonesia, Philippines and the Solomon Islands. Little is known of the species biology, even though it is of minor importance to fisheries throughout its range.
The species was first scientifically described by the Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker in 1859 from a specimen collected from the waters of Batavia in Bali, Indonesia. This specimen was designated to be the holotype.