''Ilyophis robinsae'' is an

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in the family

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(cutthroat eels).''Ilyophis robinsae''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by

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and Kenneth J. Sulak in 1997.Sulak, K. J. and Yu. N. Shcherbachev, 1997

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''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. It is a

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, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the

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, in the Indo-West Pacific. It is known to dwell at depths of to .Linley, T.D.; M.E. Gerringer; P.H. Yancey; J.C. Drazen; C.L. Weinstock; and A.J. Jamieson (2016). "Fishes of the hadal zone including new species, in situ observations and depth records of Liparidae". ''Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers'' 114: 99–110. Males can reach a maximum

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of . The species epithet "''robinsae''" was given in honour of Catherine Robins, credited with making substantial contributions to the knowledge of the family Synaphobranchidae.

References

Synaphobranchidae Fish described in 1997 {{Anguilliformes-stub