 All fins are hyaline in appearance, with the dorsal fins being dusky with a narrow blackish margin.Juveniles have a series of small brown spots along their back at the base of the dorsal fins.The large-scale whiting has been recorded from Japan, the Indonesian Archipelago, New Britain, Solomon Islands and the Philippines 
A 1980 report from India by Dutt and Sajutha is in error and was the first recording of the then undescribed species, "Sillago lutea".