Ceratocymba leuckarti (Huxley, 1859)

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Peru, from 6ºS to 16ºS (IMARPE database); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 39ºS (Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Nogueira & Oliveira 1991; Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006, 2012; Araujo et al. 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, found in tropical and subtropical waters (Alvariño 1971; Alvariño et al. 1990; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012).