Muddy arrowtooth eel
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From plate 43 of Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, published 1896. | |
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Species: | I. brunneus
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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
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (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