Biology:Ilyophis saldanhai

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Short description: Species of fish

Ilyophis saldanhai
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Synaphobranchidae
Genus: Ilyophis
Species:
I. saldanhai
Binomial name
Ilyophis saldanhai
Karmovskaya & Parin, 1999

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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ilyophis saldanhai at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q2548226 entry