Eptatretus polytrema

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

Bdellostoma polytrema Girard, 1855

Eptatretus polytrema, commonly known as 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.[1] It is only known from a few specimens and has not been recorded since 1988.[2]

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