Distribution
Western Atlantic: southern Florida, USA and Bahamas to northern South America; range reported to extend to Brazil (Ref. 13628). Eastern Atlantic: not until 1979 was this species found again at the coast of Victoria in Cameroon and at Lom? in Togo (Ref. 5298). Reported from Senegal (Ref. 34514) and S?o Tom? Island (Ref. 34088).