Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Synaphobranchidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Ilyophis | |
Ilyophis robinsae is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels). It was described by Yuri Nikolaevich Shcherbachev and Kenneth J. Sulak in 1997. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Philippines, in the Indo-Western Pacific. It is known to dwell at a depth of 4,800 metres (15,700 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 34.8 centimetres (13.7 in).
The species epithet "robinsae" was given in honour of Catherine Robins, credited with making substantial contributions to the knowledge of the Synaphobranchidae family.
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