Distribution : (Li, 2006: 370) - Mediterranean, eastern Atlantic from Gibraltar to Cap Verde Islands, South Atlantic, Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific from Madagascar to French Polynesia and northward to Japan, at depths of 35-400m. See also Fransen (2006: 73) for detailed distribution; depth 10-910m, usually 200-400 m.
Selected Reference(s) Plesionika narval. -
Chan, T. Y. and Crosnier, A., 1991: 443, fig. 12a-c, 13a, 14a-c, 15a-e, 34-36. - French Polynesia
Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)Distribution & Ecology: Society (Tahiti) - Marine; Sublittoral (40-50m); Hard bottom.