Ilyophis blachei Saldanha & Merrett 1982

Melo, Marcelo R. S., Nunan, Gustavo W. A., Braga, Adriana C. & Costa, Paulo A. S., 2009, The deep-sea Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 and 23 S, Zootaxa 2234, pp. 1-20 : 13

Ilyophis blachei Saldanha & Merrett 1982

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Material examined. Two specimens 595.0–641.0 mm TL: MNRJ 26827 (2, 595.0–641.0 mm), T, E-528.

Distribution. Ilyophis blachei was described from the western North Atlantic (51º04’N, 11º59’W), and is known from the Rio Grande Rise in the WSA, temperate Indian Ocean, the eastern Atlantic from southern Africa and Europe, but is absent from the Equatorial region. ( Parin et al. 1995; Sulak & Shcherbachev 1997).

Figures

FIGURE 4. (A) Ilyophis blachei (MNRJ 26827, 641.0 mm); (B) Ilyophis brunneus (MNRJ 26826, 279.0 mm); (C) Simenchelys parasitica (MNRJ 26736, 987.0 mm); (D) Synaphobranchus affinis (MNRJ 26758, 443.0 mm); (E) Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis (MNRJ 26782, 839.0 mm); (F) Synaphobranchus calvus (MNRJ 28279, 530.0 mm); (G) Synaphobranchus oregoni (MNRJ 27103, 537.0 mm); (H) Cyema atrum (MNRJ 26862, 101.0 mm).