Ilyophis blachei
Ilyophis blachei is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels).[1] It was described by Luiz Vieria Caldas Saldanha and Nigel Merrett in 1982.[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the northeastern and southeastern Atlantic and southern Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range 580 to 2,070 metres (1,900 to 6,790 ft), and inhabits the continental shelf. Males can reach a maximum total length of 79.2 centimetres (31.2 in).[1]
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I. blachei spawns in June and July.[3] Its diet consists primarily of galatheid crustaceans.[1]
References
- Ilyophis blachei at www.fishbase.org.
- Saldanha, L., and N. R. Merrett, 1982 [ref. 8423] A new species of the deep-sea eel genus Ilyophis Gilbert (Synaphobranchidae) from the eastern North Atlantic, with comments on its ecology and intrafamilial relationships. Journal of Fish Biology v. 21 (no. 6): 623-636.
- Spawning for Ilyophis blachei at www.fishbase.org.
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