Editing Cobia (section)

==Distribution and habitat==
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The cobia is normally solitary except for annual spawning aggregations, and it sometimes congregates at [[reef]]s, wrecks, harbours, [[buoy]]s, and other structural oases. It is [[Pelagic zone|pelagic]], but it may enter [[estuary|estuaries]] and [[mangrove]]s in search of prey.

It is found in warm-temperate to tropical waters of the West and East [[Atlantic Ocean]], throughout the [[Caribbean]], and in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India, Australia, and the Pacific coast of Japan.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Ditty, J. G.  |author2=Shaw, R. F. |year=1992|title= Larval development, distribution, and ecology of cobia ''Rachycentron canadum'' (Family: Rachycentridae) in the northern Gulf of Mexico|journal=Fishery Bulletin|volume=90|pages=668–677|url=http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-content/1992/904/ditty.pdf}}</ref> The cobia has been reported in various locations<ref name = Nour2021>{{cite journal | author1 = Ola Mohamed Nour | author2 = Sara A.A. Al Mabruk | author3 = Bruno Zava | author4 = Alan Deidun6 | author5 = Maria Corsini-Foka | name-list-style = and | year = 2021 | title = Records of new and rare alien fish in North African waters: the burrowing goby ''Trypauchen vagina'' (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) and the bartail flathead ''Platycephalus indicus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) in Egypt and the cobia ''Rachycentron canadum'' (Linnaeus, 1766) in Libya | journal = BioInvasions Records | volume = 10 | issue = 4 | pages = 914–923 | doi = 10.3391/bir.2021.10.4.16| s2cid = 244109264 | doi-access = free }}</ref> of the eastern Mediterranean Sea since 1978, following either entry via the [[Suez Canal]] or escape from mariculture.<ref>Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (''Rachycentron canadum''). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/fishes_2nd_edition/Rachycentron_canadum.pdf</ref>

It is [[eurytherm]]al, tolerating a wide range of temperatures, from 1.6 to 32.2&nbsp;°C. It is also [[euryhaline]], living at [[salinity|salinities]] of 5.0 to 44.5 [[per mil|ppt]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Resley|first1=M.J.|last2=Webb|first2=K.A.|last3=Holt|first3=G.J.|year= 2006|title= Growth and survival of juvenile cobia ''Rachycentron canadum'' cultured at different salinities in recirculating aquaculture systems|journal= Aquaculture|volume=253|pages=398–407|doi=10.1016/j.aquaculture.2006.12.029|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/223180380}}</ref>