Enneagonum hyalinum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, from 1°N to 7°N (Alvariño 1976; Cely & Chiquillo 1993), Peru, from 7°S to 18°S (Bigelow 1911; IMARPE database), Chile, from 22ºS to 24ºS (Bigelow 1911; Pagès et al. 2001; Palma & Apablaza 2004; Apablaza & Palma 2006); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, from 11°N to 17ºN at San Andrés, Providencia Island and Gaira Inlet (Moncaleano & Niño 1976; Giraldo & Villalobos 1983; Domínguez 2002), Venezuela, in Gulf of Cariaco (Alvariño 1969, 1971), Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 48ºS (Chun 1897; Leloup 1934, 1937; Leloup & Hentschel 1935; Seguin 1965; Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Abreu & Nogueira 1989; Cordeiro & Montú 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. 2015b).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, epipelagic, found in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters (Alvariño 1971, 1981; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).