Distribution

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Eastern Atlantic: 24°N 20°W (near Mauritania). Western Atlantic: USA to Cuba.

Gibbs, R.H. and M.A. Barnett 1990 Melanostomiidae. p. 308-337. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4468) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4468&speccode=11720