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Myxinidae

Cryptic hagfish

Eptatretus cryptus

Deep brown slime pores carry no white rims

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Anguilliform
Large

Cryptic hagfish is a marine fish recorded from ocean habitats. A concise clue to the species is: Deep brown slime pores carry no white rims.

Class: Hagfishes
Order: Hagfishes
Family: Myxinidae
Genus: Eptatretus
Maximum length: 93.1 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Pacific: New Zealand.

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