Distribution and Habitat
The oriental trumpeter whiting has a wide distribution, inhabiting many areas of the Indo-Pacific region. The western most sighting of the species was in Delagoa Bay, South Africa, with its range extending up the east African coast and to the West Indies, but it has never been recorded near the Indian mainland. The species is most prolific in the South East Asian region, with positive identifications from Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan and up to Japan. S. aeolus has also never been recorded in New Guinea or Australia.
The habitat of the oriental trumpeter whiting is largely unknown, but it's known to live in inshore coastal waters, commonly in embayments on silty bottoms in water depths from 0 - 60m depth. Juveniles often enter the surf zone of beaches, mixing with juveniles from other species of Sillago.
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