Chen's Hagfish

Eptatretus cheni

Five tight gill pairs leave no branchial slime pores

Chen's Hagfish is known from Northwest Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class: Hagfishes
Order: Hagfishes
Family: Myxinidae
Genus: Eptatretus
Maximum length: 37.7 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: southwest of Taiwan (northern South China Sea).
Conservation status: VUVulnerable

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