Smelt-whiting is the common name for various species of the family Sillaginidae. The Sillaginidae are distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, ranging from the west coast of Africa to Japan and Taiwan in the east, as well occupying as a number of small islands including New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean.[1] Well known members of this family include King George whiting, Japanese whiting, northern whiting, sand whiting and school whiting.
- ^ Nelson, Joseph S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 278–280. ISBN 0-471-25031-7.