Range Description
Western Atlantic: USA (Texas (historically), Louisiana, and occasionally south Florida), Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Caribbean Sea, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil.
Eastern Atlantic: Historically reported from: Gibraltar, Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zaire, Angola, and also possibly in the Mediterranean Sea. Present reported range: Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola.
Eastern Atlantic: Historically reported from: Gibraltar, Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zaire, Angola, and also possibly in the Mediterranean Sea. Present reported range: Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola.
