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Thermobiotes
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Synaphobranchidae
Subfamily:	Ilyophinae
Genus:	Thermobiotes Geistdoerfer, 1991
Species:	T. mytilogeiton
Binomial name
Thermobiotes mytilogeiton Geistdoerfer, 1991

Thermobiotes is a monospecific genus marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Synaphobranchidae, the cutthroat eels. Its only species is Thermobiotes mytilogeiton which is a species of deep-water eel and is so far known only from the Vai Lili hydrothermal vent area in the western central Pacific Ocean at a depth of 1,750 m (5,740 ft).

References

1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G. & Tighe, K. (2022). "Thermobiotes mytilogeiton". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T199134A2562589. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199134A2562589.en. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Thermobiotes mytilogeiton". FishBase. June 2011 version.

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