Ilyophis robinsae

Ilyophis robinsae

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Southeast Asia
Anguilliform
Medium

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-West Pacific.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Synaphobranchidae
Genus: Ilyophis
Maximum length: 34.8 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: West Pacific: off the Philippines.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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