Gangetic whiting

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The '''Gangetic whiting''' ('''''Sillaginopsis panijus'''''), also known as the '''Gangetic sillago''' or '''flathead sillago''', is a [[species]] of [[inshore]] [[marine (ocean)|marine]] and [[estuarine fish]] of the smelt-whiting family, [[Sillaginidae]]. It is the most distinctive [[Asia]]n member of the family due to its flattened head and trailing [[dorsal fin]]s. Although first described in 1822, it was not placed in its own genus until 1861 when [[Theodore Gill]] erected ''Sillaginopsis'', a genus which is still monotypic. Gangetic whiting are of minor [[fishery|commercial importance]] along the [[Southeast Asia|Southeast coast]] of the Asian continent where it inhabits protected areas.

The '''Gangetic whiting''' ('''''Sillaginopsis panijus'''''), also known as the '''Gangetic sillago''' or '''flathead sillago''', is a [[species]] of [[inshore]] [[marine (ocean)|marine]] and [[estuarine fish]] of the smelt-whiting family, [[Sillaginidae]]. It is the most distinctive [[Asia]]n member of the family due to its flattened head and trailing [[dorsal fin]]s. Although first described in 1822, it was not placed in its own genus until 1861 when [[Theodore Gill]] erected '''''Sillaginopsis''''', a genus which is still [[monotypic]]. Gangetic whiting are of minor [[fishery|commercial importance]] along the [[Southeast Asia|Southeast coast]] of the Asian continent where it inhabits protected areas.

==Taxonomy and naming==

==Taxonomy and naming==