Sillago persica

Sillago persica Barani, Alavi-Yeganeh & Ghanbarifardi, 2025

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sillaginidae (Smelt-whitings)
Etymology: Sillago: From a locality in Australia; persica: Name 'persica' from the type locality of the species, Persian Gulf.

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Marine; demersal. Temperate

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Western Indian Ocean: Iran.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 138100)

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Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21 - 22; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 23 - 24; Vertebrae: 32 - 34. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: D XI,I+21-22; A II,23-24; lateral line with 65-76 scales, 4-5 scale rows between the dorsal-fin origin and the lateral line; gill rakers with 3+7-8 on the first gill arch; vertebral formula with 14 or 15 abdominal vertebrae (predominantly 14), 4-5 predorsal vertebrae (mostly 4), and 14-15 caudal vertebrae (mostly 14), resulting in a total vertebral count of 32-34 (mostly 32); dark blotches or a mid-lateral stripe absent; swim bladder features two posterior extensions, with a duct-like process originating from the anterior end of the swim bladder and beginning at the junction of the roots of the two posterior extensions; and five wide extensions connect the posterior sub-extensions of the anterolateral extensions to the body of the swim bladder (Ref. 138100).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Barani, H.K., M.S. Alavi-Yeganeh and M. Ghanbarifardi, 2025. Sillago persica sp. nov., a new sillaginid (Perciformes, Sillaginidae) from the Persian Gulf. ZooKeys 1255:63-76. (Ref. 138100)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00575 (0.00270 - 0.01228), b=3.06 (2.89 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈