8422 Bregmaceros nectabanus Whitley, 1941 Bregmacerotidae Codlets Gadiformes Teleostei Smallscale codlet Western Atlantic: southeast Caribbean (Ref. 4496). Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Namibia; reported from the Cape, South Africa (Ref. 4096). Mediterranean Sea: Lessepsian migrant (Ref. 85575). Indian Ocean and tropical western Pacific to Fiji (Ref. 4496). <p> The species has been misidentified as <i>Bregmaceros atlanticus</i> in all previous reports in the Mediiterranean Sea before 2017 (Ref. 85575). IORAS 01100 12 S 48 E 1988 Bregmaceros nectabanus 700 - 720 m IORAS 01101 22 S 43 E 1988 Bregmaceros nectabanus 480 - 500 m IORAS 01102 31 S 46 E 1988 Bregmaceros nectabanus 2200 - 2200 m 16 n 42 e 2012 Bregmaceros nectabanus 52 - 53 m