Ilyophis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Subordo: Synaphobranchoidei

Familia: Synaphobranchidae
Subfamilia: Ilyophinae
Genus: Ilyophis
Species (6): I. arx – I. blachei – I. brunneus – I. nigeli – I. robinsae – I. saldanhai
Name

Ilyophis Gilbert, 1891: 351

Type species: Ilyophis brunneus Gilbert, 1891, by original designation and monotypy.
References
Primary references

Gilbert, C.H. 1891. Descriptions of apodal fishes from the tropical Pacific. In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 14(856): 347–352.

Ilyophis is a genus of eels in the cutthroat eel family Synaphobranchidae.
Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]

Ilyophis arx C. H. Robins, 1976[2][3][4]
Ilyophis blachei Saldanha & Merrett, 1982[2][3][4]
Ilyophis brunneus C. H. Gilbert, 1891[2][3][4]
Ilyophis nigeli Shcherbachev & Sulak, 1997[2][3][4]
Ilyophis robinsae Sulak & Shcherbachev, 1997[2][3][4]
Ilyophis saldanhai Karmovskaya & Parin, 1999[2][3][4]

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Ilyophis in FishBase. December 2012 version.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS): Ilyophis Gilbert, 1891 AphiaID: 125654 http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125654
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Ilyophis Taxonomy ID: 391181 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=391181&lvl=0
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS): Ilyophis Gilbert, 1891 Taxonomic Serial No.: 161585 https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=161585