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Stylephoridae
tube eye
Stylephorus chordatus
Twenty Eight Centimeters Stylephorid Fish from the Atlantic Ocean
- Cross-climate
- Subtropical
- Tropical
- Near the Equator
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- Anguilliform
- Medium
Cross-climate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Anguilliform
Mediumtube eye is a marine fish of Tropical to subtropical in all oceans. The species occupies marine waters. The largest recorded length is 28 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Tube-eyes
- Family
- Stylephoridae
- Genus
- Stylephorus
- Maximum length
- 28 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- 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.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
