Muddy arrowtooth eel
(Redirected from Ilyophis brunneus)
| Muddy arrowtooth eel | |
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| From plate 43 of Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, published 1896. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Synaphobranchidae |
| Genus: | Ilyophis |
| Species: | I. brunneus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ilyophis brunneus C. H. Gilbert, 1891
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The muddy arrowtooth eel, Ilyophis brunneus, is a cutthroat eel in the family Synaphobranchidae. It is found around the world at depths below 1,000 m. Its length is up to 160 cm.
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ilyophis brunneus". FishBase. June 2011 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8