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| Ilyophis | |
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| Ilyophis brunneus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Synaphobranchidae |
| Subfamily: | Ilyophinae |
| Genus: | Ilyophis Gilbert, 1891 |
| Type species | |
| Ilyophis brunneus Gilbert, 1891 | |
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Ilyophis is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Synaphobranchidae, the cutthroat eels. These eels are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species
[edit]There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Ilyophis arx C. H. Robins, 1976[2][3]
- Ilyophis blachei Saldanha & Merrett, 1982[2][3]
- Ilyophis brunneus Gilbert, 1891[2][4][3]
- Ilyophis maclainei Tighe, D. G. Smith & Merrett, 2024
- Ilyophis nigeli Shcherbachev & Sulak, 1997[2][4][3]
- Ilyophis robinsae Sulak & Shcherbachev, 1997[2][3]
- Ilyophis saldanhai Karmovskaya & Parin, 1999[2][3]
- Ilyophis singularis Tashiro & W.-J. Chen, 2022
References
[edit]- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Ilyophis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Ilyophis Gilbert, 1891". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Ilyophis Gilbert, 1891". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
- 1 2 "Ilyophis Taxonomy ID: 391181". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Retrieved 2017-11-20.
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