Ilyophinae

Ilyophinae
Ilyophis brunneus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Synaphobranchidae
Subfamily: Ilyophinae
D. S. Jordan & Davis, 1891
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Dysommatinae Gill, 1839

Ilyophinae, the arrowtooth ells or mustard eels, is a subfamily of marine ray-finned fishes belongiing to the family Synaphobranchidae, the cutthroat eels. Within its family this subfamily shows greatest number of species and the greatest morphological diversity.