Tube-eye (Stylephorus chordatus)

Scientific name: Stylephorus chordatus Shaw, 1791

Tube-eye (Stylephorus chordatus)

The Tube-eye (Stylephorus chordatus) is a marine fish of the family Stylephoridae.

Biology

Dorsal spines: 0; Dorsal soft rays: 119-124; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 16. Body silvery, head dark violet.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Stylephorus chordatus
Family
Stylephoridae (Tube-eye or thread-tail)
Order
Lampriformes (Velifers, Tube-eyes and Ribbonfishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
28.0
Environment
Marine; bathypelagic
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Tropical to subtropical in all oceans. Western Atlantic: southeastern Florida in USA and northeastern Gulf of Mexico through Lesser Antilles. Eastern Atlantic: Canary Islands; numerous specimens collected between the equator and approximately 20?N.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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