Lensia fowleri (Bigelow, 1911)

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Peru, at 8.14°S 79.56°W (IMARPE Database), Chile, at 23ºS off Antofagasta (Palma & Apablaza 2004; Apablaza & Palma 2006), at 33ºS off Valparaíso (Palma & Silva 2006); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, from 10.5°N to 10.3°N, 75.5°W to 75.6°W at Cartagena Bay (Moncaleano & Niño 1976), off French Guiana (Leloup 1934), Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 45ºS (Leloup & Hentschel 1935; Alvariño 1971, 1981; Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006, 2012; Araujo et al. 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Bonecker et al. 2014; Nishiyama 2016; Nishiyama et al. 2016).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, epipelagic, found in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters (Alvariño 1971; Pagès & Gili 19992; Pugh 1999; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).