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Myxinidae

Inshore hagfish

Eptatretus burgeri

June migration leaves shallows for water fifty metres deep

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

Inshore hagfish is a marine fish of Northwest Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 60 cm.

Class: Hagfishes
Order: Hagfishes
Family: Myxinidae
Genus: Eptatretus
Maximum length: 60 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: Sea of Japan and eastern Japan to Taiwan.
Conservation status: NTNear Threatened

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