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Santa Catarina Hagfish (Eptatretus menezesi)
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Santa Catarina Hagfish (Eptatretus menezesi) specimen
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Myxinidae

Santa Catarina Hagfish

Eptatretus menezesi

A dark brown caudal fold trails its pale body

  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • South America
  • Anguilliform
  • Large

Santa Catarina Hagfish is known from Southwest Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Family
Myxinidae
Maximum length
73.7 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Southwest Atlantic: Brazil.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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