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Ilyophis nigeli
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Synaphobranchidae
Genus:	Ilyophis
Species:	I. nigeli
Binomial name
Ilyophis nigeli Shcherbachev & Sulak, 1997

Ilyophis nigeli 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 Japan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 700 to 1,800 metres (2,300 to 5,900 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 51.3 centimetres (20.2 in).

Etymology

The species epithet "nigeli" was given in honour of Nigel R. Merrett, credited with making "substantial contributions" to the knowledge of the synaphobranchid eels.

References

1. ^ Ilyophis nigeli at www.fishbase.org.
2. Sulak, K. J. and Yu. N. Shcherbachev, 1997 Zoogeography and systematics of six deep-living genera of synaphobranchid eels, with a key to taxa and description of two new species of Ilyophis. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 60 (no. 3): 1158-1194.

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