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Myxinidae
Fernholm's Caribbean Hagfish
Eptatretus caribbeaus
Eleven to thirteen tail pores mark its pale tan body
Fernholm's Caribbean Hagfish is known around Western Central Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 38.5 cm.
- Class
- Hagfishes
- Order
- Hagfishes
- Family
- Myxinidae
- Genus
- Eptatretus
- Maximum length
- 38.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Western Central Atlantic: Caribbean Sea.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

