What are King George Whiting?
The King George whiting was first named in 1829 as Sillago punctata, based on an indervidual caught from King George Sound in Western Australia. A number of synonyms have since been added to the initial naming due to the fish not being designated a holotype. The fish has a variety of commonly used names but the most common, “King George Whiting”, taken from the name of the body of water where the first officially named fish was caught.