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Issue: Vol. 5506 No. 1: 5 Sept. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-09-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5506.1.2
Page range: 35-57
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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

Department of Vertebrate Zoology; National Museum of Natural History; Smithsonian Institution; Washington; D.C.; U.S.A.
Smithsonian Institution; Museum Support Center; Suitland; MD; U.S.A.
Muttlebury’s Mead; Chard Street; Thorncombe; Chard; TA20 4NB; U.K.
Marine Vertebrate Collection; Scripps Institution of Oceanography; University of California San Diego; La Jolla; California; U.S.A.
Ichthyology Section; Department of Marine Zoology; Senckenberg Research Institute and Museum of Nature; Senckenberg Society of Nature Research; Frankfurt am Main; Germany.
Pisces Anguilliformes Synaphobranchidae Ilyophinae taxonomy

Abstract

Ilyophis arx Robins, 1976 is redescribed based on the four type specimens from south of the Galapagos Islands and 21 additional specimens: 12 specimens from the western Clarion Clipperton Zone in the central Pacific Ocean, four specimens from the eastern Pacific Ocean, and five specimens from several localities in the central North Pacific Ocean. A new species, Ilyophis maclainei sp. nov., is described from the eastern North Atlantic. A taxonomic synopsis of the subfamily Ilyophinae is presented, and a key to the known species is provided.

 

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