Distribution and Habitat
The species of Carangoides are distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical oceans of the world, occupying the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans. They occur on the coastlines of countries in this range, although are most prolific in the Indo-Pacific region, having high species densities around Southeast Asia, Indonesia and northern Australia.
Most species are coastal in nature, inhabiting continental shelf marine environments including reefs, bays, sandflats, lagoons and even estuaries.
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