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Fourteen-gill Hagfish

Eptatretus polytrema

Classification

Class
Myxini
Family
Myxinidae

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.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Chile · 14