Available wild-caught, it is a marine fish found in sandy areas around river mouths and other inshore waters, and sometimes in brackish water, along the southern and southwestern coast from Shark Bay (WA) to Victor Harbour (SA).
Caught mainly in Spencer Gulf and Gulf of St Vincent (SA) and Shark Bay (WA) using gillnets and haul seines. It is endemic to Australia. It looks similar to Sand Whiting as both have bright yellow lower fins.