Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific: endemic to Australia, from off North Islands (27°04'S) to Northwest Shelf (118°15'E), Western Australia and from off Raine Islands, Queensland (11°35'S) to Cape Everard, Victoria (37°48'S)
Definition: length from the tip of the snout to the tip of the longer lobe of the caudal fin, usually measured with the lobes compressed along the midline. It is a straight-line measure, not measured over the curve of the body