Brown hagfish

Eptatretus atami

Faint eyespots accompany a nearly vanished ventral finfold

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

Brown hagfish is a marine fish recorded from ocean habitats. A concise clue to the species is: Faint eyespots accompany a nearly vanished ventral finfold.

Class: Hagfishes
Order: Hagfishes
Family: Myxinidae
Genus: Eptatretus
Maximum length: 61 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: Japan. Notoriously confused with other unnamed species around Japan (Ref. 31276 ).
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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