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.