Oriental Trumpeter Whiting

Swim bladder with three rudimentary anterolateral extensions instead of four; differs from S. maculata in lacking well developed anterolateral extensions reaching to level of vent. Body color is silvery with scattered dark brown elongate blotches on the sides.

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18 - 20; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 17 - 19; Vertebrae: 34

Found on both mangrove and non-mangrove mudflats (Ref. 125515).

Occur in inshore coastal waters, commonly in embayments on silty bottoms (Ref. 9679). Juveniles have been known to burrow in the sand (Ref. 6208). Oviparous (Ref. 205), multiple spawner (Ref. 56320). Small local fisheries exist throughout the range of the species. The flesh is prone to spoil rapidly and the Oriental sillago is not considered as highly as the inshore sillaginids (Ref. 6205). S. aeolus has not been found in association with S. burrus or S. maculata.

fisheries: minor commercial; price category: very high; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family