Eptatretus polytrema

The fourteen-gill hagfish or Chilean hagfish (Eptatretus polytrema) 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]

Fourteen-gill hagfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Myxini
Order:
Myxiniformes
Family:
Myxinidae
Genus:
Eptatretus
Species:
E. polytrema
Binomial name
Eptatretus polytrema
Girard, 1855
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Bdellostoma polytremum Girard, 1855
  • Dodecatrema polytremum (Girard 1855)
  • Polytrema polytremum (Girard 1855)
  • ?Gastrobranche dombey Lacépède 1798
  • Gasterobranchus dombeyi (sic) Lacépède 1798 ex Shaw 1804
  • Gastrobranchus dombeyi Lacépède 1798 ex Shaw 1804
  • Diporobranchia dombey (Lacépède 1798)
  • Eptatretus dombey (Lacépède 1798) Duméril 1819
  • Heptatrema dombey (Lacépède 1798)
  • Heptatretus dombey (Lacépède 1798)

References
  1. Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Myxinidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  2. 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.
  3. Eptatretus polytrema - Fishbase
  4. IUCN - Eptatretus polytrema


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