Thermobiotes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Synaphobranchidae |
Subfamily: | Ilyophinae |
Genus: | Thermobiotes Geistdoerfer, 1991 |
Species: | T. mytilogeiton
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Binomial name | |
Thermobiotes mytilogeiton Geistdoerfer, 1991
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Thermobiotes is a monospecific genus marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Synaphobranchidae, the cutthroat eels. Its only species is Thermobiotes mytilogeiton which is a species of deep-water eel and is so far known only from the Vai Lili hydrothermal vent area in the western central Pacific Ocean at a depth of 1,750 m (5,740 ft).