Acero's Hagfish

Eptatretus aceroi

Slime pores at the genus maximum stud its slender body

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

Acero's Hagfish is a marine fish living in ocean habitats. One feature is particularly easy to remember: Slime pores at the genus maximum stud its slender body.

Class: Hagfishes
Order: Hagfishes
Family: Myxinidae
Genus: Eptatretus
Maximum length: 58.4 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Caribbean: Colombia.

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