whole Atlantic Ocean from the sub-Antarctic
region in the south to the seas around Iceland
in the north (Vervoort 1963). It was reported
from sub-Antarctic localities by Vervoort
(1957). Fagetti (1962) and Ramirez (1969),
respectively reported it in Chilean and
Argentine waters. E. elongatus hyalin us is
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considered a bathypelagic oceanic species
and has rarely been found in surface layers; it
varies in abundance in deep hauls (Roe 1972).
In the present study, the species was found
from 150-500m at two stations in the Pacific
area of the Straits of Magellan.