Sillago sihama

Taxonavigation

Sillago sihama

Taxonavigation: Percoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Percoidei Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Sillaginidae
Genus: Sillago
Species: Sillago sihama

Name

Sillago sihama (Forsskål, 1775)

• Holotype (unique): ZMUC P45164 (dry skin).

• Type locality: Al-Luhayya, Yemen, Red Sea.

Synonyms

• Atherina sihama Forsskål, 1775
• Sciaena malabarica Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Sillago acuta Cuvier, 1816: 258

References

• Forsskål, P. S.; 1775: Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit ... Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae. 1-20 + 1-164, map.
• Golani, D., Fricke, R. & Tikochinski, Y.; 2011: Rehabilitation of Sillago erythraea Cuvier, and redescription of Sillago sihama (Forsskål) (Teleostei: Sillaginidae) from the Red Sea. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie, 4: 465–171.
• Tikochinski, Y., Shainin, I., Hyams, Y., Motro, U. & Golani, D.; 2012: Genetic evidence for an undescribed species previously considered as Sillago sihama from the northern Red Sea. Marine Biology Research, 9 (3): 240–246.
• Sillago sihama in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

English: Silver Sillago
ไทย: ปลาเห็ดโคน, ปลาซ่อนทราย, ปลาทราย, ปลาช่อนทรายแก้ว, ปลาบุรุด

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