Taiwan Fish Database

Scientific Name

Sillago asiatica

Pronounce

by: Hsu, Kuei-Ching

Author

McKay, 1982

Depth

10 - 50M

Chinese

亞洲沙鮻

Poisonous Fish

Family_Chinese

沙鮻科

Economic Fish

Yes

Family

F354　Sillaginidae

Edible Fish

Yes

Chinese In Mainland China

亞洲鱚

Max Length

15 cm

Aquarium Fish

Common Name

沙腸仔、kiss 魚

Distribution in World

Australia

Distribution in Taiwan

West、South、North、PonFu

Habitats

Benthos、Coastal

Holotype Locality

Chantaburi, Thailand

Synonyms

Reference

臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)

Dutt, S. etc. 1982

沈世傑編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993

Specimen List

ASIZP0807432. ...List all 67 records...

Barcode

2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100%

2016-01-15,HAN-YANG,CO1,100%

2016-04-06,Yung-Chieh,CO1,100%

2016-07-15,Yung-Chieh,CO1,100%

Common Name

Asian sillago

Redlist Status

Not in IUCN Redlist

Characteristic

Body elongate. Opercle with small sharp spine; lower part of preopercle horizontal. Snout long and conical. Mouth small, terminal; end of upper jaw sliding below preorbital bone. Teeth villiform, in broad bands; small teeth on roof of mouth restricted to anterior part of vomer, none on palatines. Two separate dorsal fins, first dorsal fin with XI spines; second dorsal fin with I spine and 20 or 21 soft rays; anal fin with II slender spines and 21 to 23 soft rays. Scales small, ctenoid; lateral line with 67 to 70 scales. Vertebrae 13-14 + 6-7 + 13-16 (total 34). Swimbladder with 3 anterior extensions, the middle one projecting forwards and the anterolateral ones recurved backwards up to 1/2 length of swimbladder; a single posterior extension. 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. 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.

habitats

Occurs in inshore waters. Taken as an incidental catch with other sillaginid species.

Distribution

Distributed in Western Pacific from Taiwan to the Gulf of Thailand. It is a common species in Taiwan except eastern part.

Utility

Marketed mostly fresh.