Bassia bassensis

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, from 5 ° N to 1 ° N (Cely & Chiquillo 1993), Ecuador to Chile, from 0 º to 41 ºS (Alvariño 1971), from 8 ºS to 18 ºS (IMARPE, database), from 23 ºS to 37 ºS (Palma 1973, 1977; Ulloa et al. 2000; Pagès et al. 2001; Palma & Apablaza 2004; Apablaza & Palma 2006; Palma & Silva 2006; Pavez et al. 2010), at 33 ºS 78 ºW in the adjacent waters of Juan Fernández archipelago (Leloup 1932); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, from 17 ° N to 10 ºN, at San Andrés, Providencia Island, Cartagena Bay and Gaira Inlet (Alvariño 1968, 1971; Moncaleano & Niño 1976; Giraldo & Villalobos 1983; Domínguez 2002), off French Guiana (Leloup 1934, Leloup & Hentschel 1935), Brazil to Argentina, from 0 º to 49 ºS (Chun 1897; Moser 1925; Leloup 1934, 1937, 1955; Leloup & Hentschel 1935; Seguin 1965; Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Abreu & Nogueira 1989; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; Nogueira & Oliveira 1991; Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006, 2012; Araujo et al. 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Bonecker et al. 2014; Nogueira Jr. et al. 2015 b). Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, epi- and mesopelagic, found in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters (Alvariño 1971, 1981; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).