Ras Tanura
The species was first identified and named "Sillago attenuata" by McKay in 1985 from the holotype specimen collected in 1948 from Ras Tanura, Zaal Island in the Persian Gulf, with a number of paratypes also examined. The name of the species is derived from the Latin 'attenuatus', meaning attenuated or slender, reflected in the species common name.