Ilyophis
| Ilyophis | |
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| Ilyophis brunneus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| 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
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Ilyophis Gilbert, 1891". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
- ^ a b c d e f "Ilyophis Gilbert, 1891". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
- ^ a b "Ilyophis Taxonomy ID: 391181". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Retrieved 2017-11-20.
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