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Chen's Hagfish (Eptatretus cheni)
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Ecological Illustration of Chen's Hagfish (Eptatretus cheni)
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Myxinidae

Chen's Hagfish

Eptatretus cheni

Five tight gill pairs leave no branchial slime pores

  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Anguilliform
  • Medium

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
Water type
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
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