Reported from the coast of Portugal (Ref. 5981, 5298) but this seems to be in error (Ref. 13612). Various authors note that (1) there is no recent citation for Portugal, (2) specimens could not be found in museum collections or during recent diving and fish-collecting expeditions, (3) the known references for the occurrence of this species are very old and could not be verified because the original specimens are not available, (4) the species is absent from the Galician coast and Atlantic coast of southern Spain, and (5) primary sources citing occurrence in the Portugal did not provide descriptions of the specimens nor the criteria used for their identification (Ref. 13612).