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.
Ras | Ras (title) | Ras Kass | Ras al-Khaimah | Maroun al-Ras | Neuroblastoma RAS viral oncogene homolog | Ras Tanura | Ras Baraka | Ras Kwame | Ras Al Khaimah spaceport | Eva Ras | T. Ras Makonnen | RAS syndrome | Ras Shorty I | Ras Rumman | RAS Records | Ras l'front | Ras Kamboni | Ras Burqa massacre | Ras Burqa | Ras Binnah | Ras Al-Mishab Airport | Ras al-Khaimah Medical and Health Sciences University | Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone | RAS |
In addition, there are American Boy Scouts in Dhahran, Riyadh, Jeddah, Ras Tanura, Udhailiyah, and Khamis, linked to the Direct Service branch of the Boy Scouts of America, which supports units around the world; as well as Boy Scouts of Scouts Canada in Riyadh.