King George Whiting

Sillaginodes punctatus

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 2–200 m
• Max size: 72 cm
• For divers: safe

A slender, spotted fish of southern Australian bays and seagrass meadows, the King George whiting spends its first years over Zostera and Posidonia beds before moving to open coastal beaches and reefs as it matures. It reaches about seventy centimetres and feeds along the bottom of the inner shelf, and it ranks among the most prized table fish in its range.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Eupercaria incertae sedis › Sillaginidae › Sillaginodes

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 282791.