Scopelocheirus crenatus Bate 1857

In the literature, this species name has been widely recorded from the north-east Atlantic Ocean, with a single record from the Mediterranean Sea. North Atlantic Ocean. Denmark: the Skagerrak and the Kattegat (Meinert 1890). France: South-west of Belle Île (Chevreux 1898). Iceland: South-west coast (Stephensen 1923a). Ireland: Bantry Bay (Haddon 1886); off Fastnet Rock (Pocock 1889); off Galley Head (Walker 1895). North Sea Area: north-west North Sea (Raitt 1937). Norway: Søndfjord; Hardangerfjord; and Haugesund (Boeck 1871, 1872); Alesund; Kristiansund (Boeck 1872); Trondheimsfjord (G.O. Sars 1890, Oldevig 1959); Skjerstadfjorden; Herdafjord, Bergen (Nordgaard 1911); Lofotens (Stephensen 1932); the Skagerrak (Enequist 1949); Raunefjorden (Mattson 1981). United Kingdom: Plymouth Sound (Bate 1862); Banff (Bate 1862); Macduff (Bate 1862); Moray Firth (Bate and Westwood 1863); Shetland Islands (Norman 1869); St. Andrews (from the stomach of a haddock) (M’Intosh 1874, Laverack and Blackler 1974); Loch Fyne (Robertson 1888, Chumley 1918); Loch Goil (Robertson 1888, Chumley 1918); off Garnock Beacon (Robertson 1888); Kilchattan Bay (Robertson 1888); Cumbrae (Robertson 1892); West of Bradda Head, Isle of Man (Walker 1895, 1896); Firth of Forth (Scott 1898); off Aberdeen (Scott 1900); Gareloch (Chumley 1918); Dunoon Basin (Chumley 1918); Skate Island (Chumley 1918); off Dartmouth, Devon (Chevreux 1935); Clyde (Sanderson 1973). Mediterranean Sea. France: Off Corsica (Chevreux 1935).