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Silver sillago

Sillago sihama (Forsskål, 1775)

Status not recordedbony fish

The silver sillago (Sillago sihama) is a species in the family Sillaginidae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the silver sillago

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the silver sillago live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the silver sillago as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Cyprus
  2. Egypt
  3. Türkiye

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the silver sillago endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the silver sillago classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familySillaginidae
  6. genusSillago
  7. SpeciesSillago sihama (Forsskål, 1775)

Synonyms Atherina sihama, Platycephalus sihamus, Sciaena malabarica, Sillago acuta, Sillago erythraea, Sillago ihama, Sillago malabarica, Sillago sehama

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Northern whitingEnglish
  • Silago PlateadoSpanish
  • Pêche-madame argentéFrench
  • סילגו נודדHebrew
  • モトギスJapanese
  • ปลาทรายThai
  • sivruburun gumusTurkish
  • 多鱗鱚Chinese
  • ปลาช่อนทรายแก้วThai
  • ปลาซ่อนทรายThai
  • ปลาบุรุดThai
  • ปลาเห็ดโคนThai
  • 多鱗沙鮻Chinese
  • 沙腸仔Chinese
  • kiss魚Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the silver sillago

Other species in the same genus Sillago.

Bay sillago

Sillago ingenuua

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the silver sillago an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the silver sillago as introduced in 3 countries: Cyprus, Egypt and Türkiye, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the silver sillago?

The silver sillago (Sillago sihama) belongs to the family Sillaginidae in the order Perciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Silver sillago (Sillago sihama). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-sillago

MLA

“Silver sillago (Sillago sihama).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-sillago.

BibTeX
@misc{silver_sillago_2026,
  title = {Silver sillago (Sillago sihama)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-sillago},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}