Diphyes bojani

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, from 7 ° N to 3 ° N, 77 ° W to 80 ° W (Alvariño 1976), Peru, at 8 o S 79 o W (IMARPE Database), Chile, at 33 ºS off Valparaíso (Palma 1973, 1977), at 33.7 ºS 78.8 ºW in adjacent waters of Juan Fernández archipelago (Leloup 1932); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, from 10.27 ° N to 10.42 ° N, 75.50 ° W to 75.57 ° W off Cartagena Bay, at 11.2 ° N 74.2 ° W off Gaira Inlet (Moncaleano & Niño 1976; Domínguez 2002), off French Guiana (Leloup 1934), Brazil to Argentina, from 0 ° to 41 ° S (Leloup 1932, 1934; Leloup & Hentschel 1935; Legaré 1961; 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; Nogueira Jr. 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014; Nogueira Jr. et al. 2015 b; Nishiyama et al. 2016). Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, epi- to bathypelagic, found in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters (Alvariño 1971, 1981; Abreu & Nogueira 1989; Nogueira & Oliveira 1991; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; Pagés & Gili 1992; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).