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Sagami Hagfish (Eptatretus okinoseanus)
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Sagami Hagfish (Eptatretus okinoseanus) specimen
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Myxinidae

Sagami Hagfish

Eptatretus okinoseanus

Caudal fold spreads from tail tip to above the cloaca

  • Purple
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Anguilliform
  • Large

Sagami Hagfish is known from Northwest Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Family
Myxinidae
Maximum length
80 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Northwest Pacific: Taiwan (Ref. 5193 ) and southern Japan.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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