''Thermobiotes mytilogeiton'' is a species of deep-water
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. It is the only member of its genus. It is so far known only from the Vai Lili hydrothermal vent area in the western central
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
at a depth of 1750 meters.
References
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Synaphobranchidae
Fish described in 1991
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