
Distribution area
Regional overview, not a precise species range.
Cosmopolitan in coastal waters of the tropical, subtropical and temperate zones of all seas. Eastern Pacific: California, USA to Chile (Ref. 2850 ). Western Pacific: Japan to Australia (Ref. 9812 ). Western Indian Ocean: from India to South Africa (Ref. 4393 ). Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to Brazil (Ref. 7251 ); Cape Cod to southern Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 26938 ); absent in the Bahamas and most of West Indies and Caribbean (Ref. 7251 , 9761 ). Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay to South Africa, including the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea (Ref. 7399 ). Reported in Sea of Okhotsk (Ref. 50550 ).