''Ilyophis saldanhai'' is an

eel Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...

in the family

Synaphobranchidae Cutthroat eels are a family, Synaphobranchidae, of eels, the only members of the suborder Synaphobranchoidei. They are found worldwide in temperate and tropical seas. Cutthroat eels range from in length. They are bottom-dwelling fish, found in ...

(cutthroat eels).''Ilyophis saldanhai''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya and Nikolai Vasilyevich Parin in 1999,Karmovskaya, E. S. and N. V. Parin, 1999 ef. 24869''A new species of the genus Ilyophis (Synaphobranchidae, Anguilliformes) from the hydrothermal area Boken Spur (Mid-Atlantic Submarine Ridge).''/ Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 39 (no. 3): 316-325. and is the most recently described of the six species in the

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

''Ilyophis''. It is a

marine Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * ...

, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

. It is known to dwell at a depth of .

References

Synaphobranchidae Fish described in 1999 {{Anguilliformes-stub