Stylephorus chordatus Shaw, 1791

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 195

Stylephorus chordatus Shaw, 1791

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 28 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 300-800 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: tropical to subtropical in all oceans. Eastern Atlantic: known from Canary Islands; numerous specimens collected between the equator and approximately 20°N, distributed off Mauritania, Senegal and Guinea. It has been recorded in the Gulf of Guinea at the Congo-Angola margin. Records for Gabon: MCZ 147894/895-1971.