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Ilyophis saldanhai
Scientific classification
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). It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya and Nikolai Vasilyevich Parin in 1999, 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).

References

1. ^ Ilyophis saldanhai at www.fishbase.org.
2. Karmovskaya, E. S. and N. V. Parin, 1999 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.

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