Atractodenchelys brevitrunca Vo & Ho, 2020

Tighe, Kenneth A., Smith, David G., Merrett, Nigel R., Frable, Benjamin W. & Zajonz, Uwe, 2024, Redescription of the eel Ilyophis arx Robins, 1976 (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae) with a description of a new species of Ilyophis, and a taxonomic synopsis of the Ilyophinae, Zootaxa 5506 (1), pp. 35-57 : 49

Atractodenchelys brevitrunca Vo & Ho, 2020

Atractodenchelys brevitrunca Vo & Ho, 2020: 589 , Figs. 1–4 . Holotype: OIM E.55743. Type locality: off Nha Trang City , southern Vietnam, western South China Sea, ca. 280–350 m.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Ilyophis arx. Swarm of eels attracted to a baited camera near summit of seamount APEI 7 (4° 52' 57.36" N, 141° 46' 45.48" W, 3203 m) (photo grab from https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/18ccz/logs/photolog/photolog.html#cbpi=../ may25/media/DC03.html

FIGURE 2. Ilyophis arx. Pictures of fresh specimens after capture and before preservation. Upper specimen: USNM 443829. Lower specimen: BPBM 42217. (photos supplied by Dr. Jeffrey C. Drazen)

FIGURE 3. Distribution of Ilyophis arx in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean. Open star is the type locality. Closed stars are other study material.

FIGURE 4. Ilyophis maclainei sp. nov. Holotype, BMNH 1995.4.19.31 (male, 242 mm TL)