Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Lampanyctus resplendens Richardson, 1845, Notoscopelus (Notoscopelus) resplendens (Richardson, 1845), Notoscopelus brachychier Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889, Notoscopelus ejectus Waite, 1904, Scopelus resplendens (Richardson, 1845), Serpa hoffmanni Fowler, 1934 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution: Atlantic Ocean: about 35°N (east of 40°W) and 47°N (west of 40°W) to the southern Subtropical Convergence at 40°S, but with discontinuity in the region of the cyclonic gyre 2°S - 11°S, in the eastern Atlantic and in the minimum region off Brazil (5°-9°S to 21°S). Indian Ocean: between 24° and 30°S. Western Pacific: northwest Pacific to off Australia and New Zealand (absent from western tropical Pacific and southeast Asian seas). Eastern Pacific: south of 55°N to 34°S, west of 80°W but to 20°S in Peruvian Transitional Zone. Southern Ocean: at 60°58'S, 48°05'W.South China Sea (Froese and Pauly, 2021).

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