the sand whiting ("sillago ciliata"), also known as the summer whiting, yellowfin whiting or blue-nose whiting, is a common species of coastal marine fish of the family sillaginidae, the smelt-whitings. it is a slender, slightly compressed fish that is very similar to other species of "sillago", with detailed spine, ray and lateral line scale counts needed to distinguish the species between its nearest relative "sillago analis". the sand whiting is distributed along the east coast of australia from cape york south to tasmania, as well as lord howe island and new caledonia in the pacific ocean.