Eptatretus polytrema: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Myxini
Order
Myxiniformes
Family
Myxinidae
Genus
Eptatretus
Species
Eptatretus polytrema
Scientific Name
Eptatretus polytrema

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Eptatretus polytrema

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. It is only known from a few specimens and has not been recorded since 1988.

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Eptatretus polytrema in languages:

Czech
pasliznatka valparaiská
English
Fourteen-gilled Hagfish

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Eptatretus polytrema
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Eptatretus polytrema
©César Pedrini, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)