Sixgill hagfish

Eptatretus hexatrema

Burrowing southern African mud for carrion

Sixgill hagfish is known from Southeast Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class: Hagfishes
Order: Hagfishes
Family: Myxinidae
Genus: Eptatretus
Maximum length: 80 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Southeast Atlantic: known only from Walvis Bay, Namibia to Durban, South Africa.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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