WoRMS taxon details
Stylephorus chordatus Shaw, 1791
126526 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126526)
accepted
Species
Stylophorus chordatus Shaw, 1791 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Shaw, G. (1791). Description of the Stylephorus chordatus a new fish. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> v. 1 (art. 7): 90-92, Pl. 6. [details]
Distribution tropical to subtropical in all oceans; Western Atlantic: 43.1°N southeastern Florida in USA and northeastern Gulf of...
Distribution tropical to subtropical in all oceans; Western Atlantic: 43.1°N southeastern Florida in USA and northeastern Gulf of Mexico through Lesser Antilles [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Stylephorus chordatus Shaw, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126526 on 2025-12-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Shaw, G. (1791). Description of the Stylephorus chordatus a new fish. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> v. 1 (art. 7): 90-92, Pl. 6. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on copepods [details]Distribution tropical to subtropical in all oceans; Western Atlantic: 43.1°N southeastern Florida in USA and northeastern Gulf of Mexico through Lesser Antilles [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat mesopelagic and uncommon species [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | tube-eyetube eye | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Stylophorus chordatus Shaw, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stylephorus chordatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Stylophorus chordatus Shaw, 1791)
To GenBank (128506 nucleotides; 77 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Stylephorus chordatus Shaw, 1791; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2240077)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stylephorus chordatus RAD118641-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Stylophorus chordatus Shaw, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stylephorus chordatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Stylophorus chordatus Shaw, 1791)
To GenBank (128506 nucleotides; 77 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Stylephorus chordatus Shaw, 1791; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2240077)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stylephorus chordatus RAD118641-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
