New Zealand hagfish
| New Zealand hagfish | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Myxini |
| Order: | Myxiniformes |
| Family: | Myxinidae |
| Genus: | Eptatretus |
| Species: | E. cirrhatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Eptatretus cirrhatus (J. R. Forster, 1801) | |
The New Zealand hagfish, or Broadgilled Hagfish,[2] (Eptatretus cirrhatus), is a hagfish of the genus Eptatretus, found in south and east Australia, and around New Zealand, at depths of between 40 and 700 metres. Their length is up to 1 metre.
References
- ↑ Minarcone, M.M. (2009). "Eptatretus cirrhatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ↑ Broadgilled Hagfish, Eptatretus cirrhatus (Forster, 1801)
- "Eptatretus cirrhatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Eptatretus cirrhatus" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
External links
Media related to Eptatretus cirrhatus at Wikimedia Commons
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