Native to:
Angola,
Aruba,
Bahamas,
Belize,
Benin,
Bermuda,
Brazil North,
Brazil Northeast,
Brazil South,
Brazil Southeast,
Cabinda,
Cameroon,
Cayman Is.,
Central American Pacific Is.,
Colombia,
Congo,
Costa Rica,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
El Salvador,
Florida,
French Guiana,
Gabon,
Galápagos,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guatemala,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Gulf of Guinea Is.,
Guyana,
Haiti,
Honduras,
Ivory Coast,
Jamaica,
Leeward Is.,
Liberia,
Mexican Pacific Is.,
Mexico Central,
Mexico Gulf,
Mexico Northeast,
Mexico Northwest,
Mexico Southeast,
Mexico Southwest,
Netherlands Antilles,
Nicaragua,
Nigeria,
Panamá,
Peru,
Puerto Rico,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Southwest Caribbean,
Suriname,
Texas,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Turks-Caicos Is.,
Venezuela,
Venezuelan Antilles,
Windward Is.,
Zaïre
Introduced into:
Hawaii,
Phoenix Is.,
Western Australia