Fourteen-gill Hagfish
Eptatretus polytrema
Classification
- Class
- Myxini
- Order
- Myxiniformes
- Family
- Myxinidae
Eptatretus est un genre d'agnathes de la famille des Myxinidae (les myxines en français), des animaux aquatiques anguilliformes. Liste d'espèces Selon ITIS et FishBase> : Eptatretus bischoffii (en) (Schneider, 1880) Eptatretus burgeri (en) (Girard, 1855) Eptatretus caribbeaus Fernholm, 1982 Eptatretus carlhubbsi McMillan et Wisner, 1984 Eptatretus chinensis Kuo et Mok, 1994 Eptatretus cirrhatus (Forster, 1801) Eptatretus deani (en) (Evermann et Goldsborough, 1907) Eptatretus decatrema Regan, 1912 (non reconnu par FishBase) Eptatretus eos Fernholm, 1991 Eptatretus fernholmi McMillan et…
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.
Eptatretus polytrema, mixino chileno o anguila babosa, es un mixino demersal y no migratorio del género Eptatretus. Se encuentra en fondos fangosos y rocosos de la zona suroriental del océano Pacífico cerca de la costa de Chile, entre Coquimbo y Puerto Montt, a profundidades entre 10 y 350 m. Este mixino puede alcanzar una longitud de 93 cm.
Distribution
Sources and credits
DescriptionEptatretus polytrema, Wikipedia contributorsMore from the same family

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