Honshu Hagfish

Eptatretus wayuu

A pale gill patch interrupts the fresh pink body

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Anguilliform
Medium

Honshu Hagfish is a marine fish of coastal waters. Its source record singles out this identifying detail: A pale gill patch interrupts the fresh pink body.

Class: Hagfishes
Order: Hagfishes
Family: Myxinidae
Genus: Eptatretus
Maximum length: 21.6 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Atlantic: known only from the Guajira coast near Puerto Bolivar, Colombia, Caribbean Sea.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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