Stylophthalmus

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Stylophthalmus paradoxus, now recognized as the larval form of Idiacanthus fasciola Idiacanthus fasciola1.jpg
Stylophthalmus paradoxus, now recognized as the larval form of Idiacanthus fasciola

Stylophthalmus (meaning 'stem-eye') was a name used for what was previously believed to be a genus of fish with eyes perched upon periscopic stalks, known in some cases to be almost one third of the length of the animal's actual body. [1] It is now recognised that all species in this genus are the fish larvae [2] [3] of already named, distantly related fish in the orders Stomiiformes and Myctophiformes which may have developed this same trait as a result of convergent evolution. Thus, Stylophthalmus is an invalid name.

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