Distribution. Simenchelys parasitica was described from off Canada and has a worldwide distribution in temperate and tropical seas, from about 44 º N to 42 º S (Sulak & Shcherbachev 1997).
Sumber: The deep-sea Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 and 23 S
