TABLE A3.

Range description of study species.

Species	Range description	Oceans inhabited	Latitudes inhabited	Citations	Notes
Bathophilus pawneei	Circumglobal; Tropical	Atlantic, Indian, Pacific	36° N–34° S	Agustin (2018)
Chauliodus sloani	Circumglobal; Tropical and Polar	Atlantic, Indian, Pacific	50° N–50° S	Mundy (2005)	Less common but records exist from individuals as far as 70° N–56° S (Priede, 2017)
Cyclothone alba	Circumglobal; Tropical	Atlantic, Indian, Pacific	40° N–40° S	Miya and Nemoto (1986)
Cyclothone pseudopallida	Circumglobal; Tropical and Polar	Atlantic, Indian, Pacific	65° N–30° S	Mundy (2005)
Diplospinus multistriatus	Circumglobal; Tropical	Atlantic, Indian, Pacific	40° N–40° S	Mundy (2005)
Ditropichthys storeri	Circumglobal; Tropical	Atlantic, Indian, Pacific	48° N–43° S	Paxton (1989)
Photostomias guernei	Non circumglobal; Tropical	Atlantic	40° N–3° N	Kenaley (2009)
Scopelogadus mizolepis	Circumglobal; Tropical	Atlantic, Indian, Pacific	40° N–22° S	Mundy (2005)
Sigmops elongatus	Circumglobal; Tropical and Polar	Atlantic, Indian, Pacific	65° N–35° S	Torres (2018)
Sternoptyx pseudobscura	Circumglobal; Tropical	Atlantic, Indian, Pacific	40° N–40° S	Mundy (2005) and Zamarro and Lloris (1999)	One record from 42° N and 47° N
Stomias affinis	Circumglobal; Tropical	Atlantic, Indian, Pacific	35° N–39° S	Priede (2017)