Japanese Sillago
Sillago japonica
- Usual depth4–38 m
- Water temperature14–30 °C
- Best monthsMay, August, and November
- How commonOccasional
About this species
The Japanese whiting, also known as the Japanese sillago or Shiro-gisu, is a common species of coastal marine fish belonging to the smelt-whiting family, Sillaginidae. As suggested by its name, the Japanese whiting was first recorded from Japan in 1843, but has subsequently been found to extend to Korea, China and Taiwan.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Japanese whiting”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 10 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 8 records
- August: 9 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 13 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 4–38 m · Deepest record: 60 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Japanese Sillago, Japanese Whiting
Names in 5 more languages
- Spanish
- Silago Japonés
- French
- Pêche-madame Japonais
- Japanese
- Shirogisu, シロギス
- Korean
- 청보리멸
- Simplified Chinese
- kiss魚, 少鱗鱚, 日本沙鮻, 沙腸仔
Similar species
- trumpeter whiting
Sillago maculata
- Silver sillago
Sillago sihama
- Oriental sillago
Sillago aeolus
- Large-scale Whiting
Sillaginops macrolepis
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 455 open-data records from 1931 to 2017.
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