The species is predominantly found over sand substrate in variable wave and tidal activity zones, often in protected bays. They often frequent the quiet waters of sand flats, the surf zones of beaches, as well as inhabiting deeper offshore waters to at least 55 m and possibly much deeper where they are taken by commercial trawlers over sand. Juveniles are usually found in a few centimeters of water on calm sand flats, in association with accumulations of detached macrophytes in the surf,