Biology:Ilyophis arx

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Short description: Species of fish

Ilyophis arx
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Synaphobranchidae
Genus: Ilyophis
Species:
I. arx
Binomial name
Ilyophis arx
Robins, 1976

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. 1.0 1.1 Ilyophis arx at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 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