Ilyophis blachei is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels).Ilyophis blachei at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Luiz Vieria Caldas Saldanha and Nigel Merrett in 1982.Saldanha, L., and N. R. Merrett, 1982 [ref. 8423] A new species of the deep-sea eel genus Ilyophis Gilbert (Synaphobranchidae) from the eastern North Atlantic, with comments on its ecology and intrafamilial relationships. Journal of Fish Biology v. 21 (no. 6): 623-636. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the northeastern and southeastern Atlantic and southern Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range , and inhabits the continental shelf. Males can reach a maximum total length of .
I. blachei spawns in June and July.Spawning for Ilyophis blachei at www.fishbase.org. Its diet consists primarily of galatheid crustaceans.
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