Eightgill hagfish

Eptatretus octatrema

Eight breathing windows line each side off South Africa

Eightgill hagfish is a marine fish from Southeast Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 30 cm.

Class: Hagfishes
Order: Hagfishes
Family: Myxinidae
Genus: Eptatretus
Maximum length: 30 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Southeast Atlantic: known from the holotype taken from the Agulhas Bank, South Africa.
Conservation status: CRCritically Endangered

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