Muddy arrowtooth eel

Muddy arrowtooth eel
Muddy arrowtooth eel
From plate 43 of Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, published 1896.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Synaphobranchidae
Genus: Ilyophis
Species: I. brunneus
Binomial name
Ilyophis brunneus
C. H. Gilbert, 1891

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

  • Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Ilyophis brunneus" in 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

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