Ilyophis blachei

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Ilyophis blachei Saldanha & Merrett, 1982

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Synaphobranchidae (Cutthroat eels) > Ilyophinae
Etymology: Ilyophis: Greek, ilyos, -ou = cave + Greek, ophis = serpent (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 580 - 2023 m (Ref. 26895). Deep-water; 57°N - 36°S

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Northeast Atlantic, Southeast Atlantic and southern Indian Ocean.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 79.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26895)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Body large, robust; either partially scaled or naked body. Broad, angular posterior nostril flap, with flap and nostril rim ornamented with numerous leaf-like marginal projections. Very oblique gill slits (ca 30° relative to horizontal axis of the body).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on the lower continental slope at 1,465-2,070 m (Ref. 6726). Carnivorous, feeding primarily on galatheid crustaceans (Ref. 6726). Probably spawn in June-July (Ref. 6726).

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Sulak, K.J. and Y.N. Shcherbachev, 1997. Zoogeography and systematics of six deep-living genera of synaphobranchid eels, with a key to taxa and description of two new species of Ilyophis. Bull. Mar. Sci. 60(3):1158-1194. (Ref. 26895)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 05 November 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 4.2 - 8.8, mean 7.1 °C (based on 37 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.0   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming tmax>10).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 5.98 [1.71, 20.19] mg/100g; Iron = 0.267 [0.090, 0.739] mg/100g; Protein = 17.1 [14.8, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.323 [0.125, 0.883] g/100g; Selenium = 24.6 [7.1, 85.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.21 [1.51, 42.10] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.284 [0.136, 0.570] mg/100g (wet weight);