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