Eptatretus polytrema
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
Class: | Myxini |
Order: | Myxiniformes |
Family: | Myxinidae |
Genus: | Eptatretus |
Species: | E. polytrema
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Binomial name | |
Eptatretus polytrema Girard, 1855
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Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Eptatretus polytrema, the fourteen-gill hagfish or Chilean hagfish, is a demersal and non-migratory hagfish of the genus Eptatretus. It is found in muddy and rocky bottoms of the southeastern area of the Pacific Ocean near the coast of Chile between Coquimbo and Puerto Montt, at depths between 10 and 350 m. This hagfish can reach a length of 93 cm.[3] It is only known from a few specimens and has not been recorded since 1988.[4]
References[]
- ^ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Myxinidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- ^ Eptatretus polytrema - Fishbase
- ^ IUCN - Eptatretus polytrema
External links[]
- Media related to Eptatretus polytrema at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Myxinidae
- Fish of Chile
- Fish described in 1855
- Endemic fauna of Chile
- Jawless fish stubs