Ilyophis brunneus

Author
Gilbert, 1891
Common Names
  • Muddy Arrowtooth Eel

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Min Depth
700 meters
Max Depth
1100 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Worldwide.Virginia to southern Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • soft substrate (muds, sands, clays)
References

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. 1112 p.

  • Robins, C. H., and C. R. Robins. 1989. Family Synaphobranchidae. Pp. 207–253 in E. B. Böhlke et al., eds. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic Part 9. Leptocephali Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Memoir I, New Haven.

  • Smith, D. G. 2002c. Order Anguilliformes. Pp. 692–699, 719–723, 734–56 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 2. Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-14-2024.

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