Ilyophis nigeli Shcherbachev & Sulak, 1997

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 : 52

Ilyophis nigeli Shcherbachev & Sulak, 1997

Ilyophis nigeli Shcherbachev & Sulak in Sulak & Shcherbachev, 1997: 1172, Figs. 1C , 2B , 4C . Holotype: ZIN 45274 . Type locality: Northwestern Pacific , Japan, 42° 27’ N, 144° 27’ E, 1160 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 4. Ilyophis maclainei sp. nov. Holotype, BMNH 1995.4.19.31 (male, 242 mm TL)