Stylephorus chordatus Shaw, 1791
Tube-eye
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Stylephoriformes (Tube-eyes or thread-tails) > Stylephoridae (Tube-eyes or thread-tails)
Etymology: Stylephorus: Greek, style = column + Greek, pherein = to carry (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Shaw.
Etymology: Stylephorus: Greek, style = column + Greek, pherein = to carry (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Shaw.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 300 - 800 m (Ref. 86942). Deep-water; 45°N - 37°S, 130°W - 20°E
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Tropical to subtropical in all oceans. Western Atlantic: southeastern Florida in USA and northeastern Gulf of Mexico through Lesser Antilles (Ref. 7251). Eastern Atlantic: Canary Islands (Ref. 6808); numerous specimens collected between the equator and approximately 20°N.
Size / Weight / Age
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 119 - 124; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 16. Body silvery, head dark violet (Ref. 4172).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
A mesopelagic (Ref. 6808) at 300-600 m at night, 625-800 during day (Ref. 58302) and uncommon species. Swims in a vertical position, probably migrates over 200-300 m vertical distance each day-night cycle. Feeds on copepods (Ref. 6741).
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Main reference
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Hulley, P.A., 1986. Stylephoridae. p. 404. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4172)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 May 2013
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 2.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items. |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (24 of 100). 🛈 |