Biology:Ilyophis arx
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Short description: Species of fish
| Ilyophis arx | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Synaphobranchidae |
| Genus: | Ilyophis |
| Species: | I. arx
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| Binomial name | |
| Ilyophis arx Robins, 1976
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Ilyophis arx is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels).[1] It was described by Catherine H. Robins in 1976.[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the eastern Pacific and northeastern Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 1,790 to 3,225 metres (5,873 to 10,581 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 44.7 centimetres (17.6 in).[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ilyophis arx at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Robins, C. H., and C. R. Robins, 1976 (15 Apr.) [ref. 3784] New genera and species of dysommine and synaphobranchine eels (Synaphobranchidae) with an analysis of the Dysomminae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 127: 249-280.
Wikidata ☰ Q2652169 entry
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