Ilyophis saldanhai
Ilyophis saldanhai is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels).[1] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya and Nikolai Vasilyevich Parin in 1999,[2] and is the most recently described of the six species in the genus Ilyophis. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 3,020 metres (9,910 ft).[1]
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References
- Ilyophis saldanhai at www.fishbase.org.
- Karmovskaya, E. S. and N. V. Parin, 1999 [ref. 24869] A new species of the genus Ilyophis (Synaphobranchidae, Anguilliformes) from the hydrothermal area Boken Spur (Mid-Atlantic Submarine Ridge)./ Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 39 (no. 3): 316-325.
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