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Species in the genus Ilyophis: [ 9 ] records


arx, Ilyophis Robins [C. H.] in Robins & Robins 1976:265, Figs. 4, 6, 7b, 8 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 127; ref. 3784] Southeastern Pacific, 1°48'S, 90°19'W, depth 3225 meters. Holotype: ANSP 133808. Paratypes: ANSP 133809 (2), 133810 (1, c&s). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:158 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Ilyophis arx Robins 1976 -- (Robins & Robins 1989:238 [ref. 13287], Smith 1999:1661 [ref. 24661], Karmovskaya & Parin 1999:323 [ref. 23869], Tashiro & Chen 2022:4 [ref. 39512], Tighe et al. 2024:37 [ref. 41546]). Current status: Valid as Ilyophis arx Robins 1976. Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae. Distribution: Eastern and central Pacific: Nazca Ridge to Hawaii. Habitat: marine.

blachei, Ilyophis Saldanha [L.] & Merrett [N. R.] 1982:624, Figs. 2-5 [Journal of Fish Biology v. 21 (no. 6); ref. 8423] Porcupine Sea Bight, eastern North Atlantic, Discovery station 9774, 51°04.4'N, 11°59.3'W, depth 1494-1572 meters. Holotype: BMNH 1981.3.17.1. Paratypes: BMNH 1981.3.17.2 (1), 1981.6.16.1-2 (2); Discovery Coll. uncat (4); ISH 89-1981 (1); MNHN 1981-0613 (1); Mus. Bocage Lisbon T.2531 (1), T.2532 (1). Type catalog: Krefft 1987:74 [ref. 20751], Bauchot et al. 1993:103 [ref. 20810]. •Valid as Ilyophis blachei Saldanha & Merrett 1982 -- (Saldanha & Bauchot in Whitehead et al. 1986:587 [ref. 13676], Robins & Robins 1989:239 [ref. 13287], Sulak & Shcherbachev 1997:1161 [ref. 22986], Santos et al. 1997:20 [ref. 23531], Saldanha & Biscoito 1997:195 [ref. 24962], Pakhorukov 2001:377 [ref. 25409], Melo 2007:315 [ref. 29141], Smith 2008:163 [ref. 30621], Melo et al. 2009:13 [ref. 30460], Smith & Stewart 2015:244 [ref. 34234], Smith 2016:1651 [ref. 34556], Carneiro et al. 2019:58 [ref. 37250], Tashiro & Chen 2022:4 [ref. 39512], Tighe et al. 2024:52 [ref. 41546]). Current status: Valid as Ilyophis blachei Saldanha & Merrett 1982. Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae. Distribution: Northeastern Atlantic, southeastern and southwestern Atlantic; southern Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

brunneus, Ilyophis Gilbert [C. H.] 1891:352 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 14 (no. 856); ref. 1625] Near San Cristóbal Island [Chatham Island], Galápagos Islands, 0°36'30"S, 89°19'00"W, Albatross station 2808, depth 634 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 44403. Type catalog: Smith 1994:37-38 [ref. 21917]. •Valid as Ilyophis brunneus Gilbert 1891 -- (Blache et al. 1973:253 [ref. 7185], Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:26 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:83, 316 [ref. 8057], Castle 1986:189 [ref. 5644], Okamura & Machida 1987:109 [ref. 22279], Scott & Scott 1988:88 [ref. 25518], Robins & Robins 1989:235 [ref. 13287], Paulin et al. 1989:71 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:47 [ref. 14674], Boschung 1992:33 [ref. 23239], Shinohara et al. 1996:157 [ref. 26605], Sulak & Shcherbachev 1997:1163 [ref. 22986], Arruda 1997:59 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:247 [ref. 23897], Chen & Mok 1999:60 [ref. 24093], Smith 1999:1661 [ref. 24661], Karmovskaya & Parin 1999:316 [ref. 24869], Nakabo 2000:212 [ref. 25086], Pakhorukov 2001:377 [ref. 25409], Chen & Mok 2001:79 [ref. 25465], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:16 [ref. 25650], Shinohara et al. 2001:292 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:212 [ref. 26001], Smith 2003:723 [ref. 26989], Moore et al. 2003:173 [ref. 27076], Shinohara et al. 2005:400 [ref. 28370], Paxton et al. 2006:262 [ref. 28995], Melo 2007:315 [ref. 29141], Melo et al. 2009:13 [ref. 30460], Ho et al. 2015:179 [ref. 34130], Smith 2016:1651 [ref. 34556], Vieira et al. 2016:[4] [ref. 34869] as cf. brunneus, Robertson et al. 2017:33 [ref. 35676], Fricke et al. 2018:42 [ref. 35805], Carneiro et al. 2019:58 [ref. 37250], Vo et al. 2021:190 [ref. 38239], Tashiro & Chen 2022:4 [ref. 39512], Page et al. 2023:51 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:112 [ref. 41622], Tighe et al. 2024:52 [ref. 41546]). Current status: Valid as Ilyophis brunneus Gilbert 1891. Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae. Distribution: Circumtropical, discontinuous. Habitat: marine.

maclainei, Ilyophis Tighe [K. A.], Smith [D. G.] & Merrett [N. R.] in Tighe, Smith, Merrett, Frable & Zajonz 2024:44, Figs. 4-8 [Zootaxa 5506 (no. 1); ref. 41546] Goban Spur, off southwest Ireland, northeastern Atlantic Ocean, 49°30'06"N, 13°19'54"W, depth 1800 - 200 meters. Holotype: BMNH 1995.4.19.31. Paratype: BMNH 1995.3.29.1 (1) and referred specimen BMNH 1996.3.8.2 (female gonads). •Valid as Ilyophis maclainei Tighe, Smith & Merrett 2024. Current status: Valid as Ilyophis maclainei Tighe, Smith & Merrett 2024. Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae. Distribution: Northeastern Atlantic: off southwest Ireland. Habitat: marine.

nigeli, Ilyophis Shcherbachev [Yu. N.] & Sulak [K. J.] in Sulak & Shcherbachev 1997:1172, Figs. 1C, 2B, 4C [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 60 (no. 3); ref. 22986] Pacific slope off Japan, 42°27'N, 144°27'E, depth 1160 meters. Holotype: ZIN 45274. Paratypes: USNM 339093 [ex ZIN 42575] (1); ZIN 45767 (1), 48481-83 (1, 2, 1), 49224 (1); ZMMU P-17952 (1). Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:16 [ref. 25714]. •Valid as Ilyophis nigeli Shcherbachev & Sulak 1997 -- (Parin et al. 2014:48 [ref. 33547], Tashiro & Chen 2022:4 [ref. 39512], Tighe et al. 2024:52 [ref. 41546]). Current status: Valid as Ilyophis nigeli Shcherbachev & Sulak 1997. Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan and Sea of Okhotsk. Habitat: marine.

robinsae, Ilyophis Sulak [K. J.] & Shcherbachev [Yu. N.] 1997:1171, Figs. 3C, 4B [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 60 (no. 3); ref. 22986] Western Pacific, 7°39.9'N, 121°32'E, Vitiaz cruise 57, Sta. 7237, depth 4800 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMMU P-14759. Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:16 [ref. 25714]. •Valid as Ilyophis robinsae Sulak & Shcherbachev 1997 -- (Karmovskaya & Parin 1999:316 [ref. 24869], Tashiro & Chen 2022:4 [ref. 39512], Tighe et al. 2024:52 [ref. 41546]). Current status: Valid as Ilyophis robinsae Sulak & Shcherbachev 1997. Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines. Habitat: marine.

rostratus, Leptocephalus Schmidt [E. J.] 1909:5, Pl. 1 (figs. 4-5) [Meddelelser fra Kommissionen for havundersøgelser, Serie Fiskeri v. 3 (no. 6); ref. 14421] Atlantic west of Europe, 51°34'N, 41°50'W, depth 1200 meters, and 48°04'N, 12°40'W, depth over 4000 meters. Syntypes: (2) not found at ZIN. •Leptocephalus stage as valid -- (Smith 1989:693 [ref. 13285]). •Questionably a senior synonym of Ilyophis blachei Saldanha & Merrett 1982 -- (Robins & Robins 1989:239 [ref. 13287]). Current status: Uncertain. Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae. Distribution: Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

saldanhai, Ilyophis Karmovskaya [E. S.] & Parin [N. V.] 1999:316, Figs. 1-6 [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 39 (no. 3); ref. 24869] Mid-Atlantic submarine ridge (Broken Spur vent field), 29°08'N, 43°13'W, depth 3020 meters. Holotype: ZIN 51847. Paratypes: ZIN 51848-49 (1, 1); ZMMU P-20507-08 (7, 2). Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:16 [ref. 25714]. •Valid as Ilyophis saldanhai Karmovskaya & Parin 1999 -- (Chernova & Geistdorfer 2003:153 [ref. 26887], Causse et al. 2005:413 [ref. 40786], Causse et al. 2006:494 [ref. 40787], Tashiro & Chen 2022:4 [ref. 39512], Tighe et al. 2024:53 [ref. 41546]). Current status: Valid as Ilyophis saldanhai Karmovskaya & Parin 1999. Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae. Distribution: Atlantic Ocean: Mid-Atlantic submarine ridge (Broken Spur vent field); Pacific Ocean: East Pacific Rise (21°S, Gromit hydrothermal vent site). Habitat: marine.

singularis, Ilyophis Tashiro [F.] & Chen [W.-J.] 2022:2, Figs. 1-3 [Ichthyological Research v. 70 (no. 3); ref. 39512] Northeastern South China Sea, 21°39'N, 118°20'E - 21°36'N, 118°16'E, depth 1,665 - 1,612 meters. Holotype: NTUM 13381. Paratype: HUMZ 230000 [ex NTUM 13382] (1). •Valid as Ilyophis singularis Tashiro & Chen 2022 -- (Tighe et al. 2024:53 [ref. 41546]). Current status: Valid as Ilyophis singularis Tashiro & Chen 2022. Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: northeastern South China Sea. Habitat: marine.


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