Western Atlantic: North Carolina, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, West Indies to Brazil (Bahia). Central Atlantic: Ascension and Saint Helena Islands. Eastern Atlantic: Azores, Madeira I., and Senegal to Angola (Manning & Chace 1990; Melo 1996).
Occurrence in northern and northeastern Brazil: RA: Coelho (1965a); FN: Pocock (1890); PP: Holthuis et al. (1980); CE, RN: Fausto Filho (1966); PB, PE: Rathbun (1900).
Subfamily Percninae Štev č i ć, 2005