Ilyophis robinsae

Ilyophis robinsae is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae. It was described by Yuri Nikolaevich Shcherbachev and Kenneth J. Sulak in 1997. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Philippines, in the Indo-West Pacific. It is known to dwell at depths of to, and is the deepest known synaphobranchid. Lower abyssal and upper hadal records of I. robinsae are from the southwest Pacific trenches of Kermadec and New Hebrides. Males can reach a maximum total length of.
The species epithet "robinsae" was given in honour of Catherine Robins, credited with making substantial contributions to the knowledge of the family Synaphobranchidae.