New Zealand hagfish

Eptatretus cirrhatus

White rims ring slime pores along purple brown skin

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Anguilliform
Large

The broadgilled hagfish or New Zealand hagfish (Eptatretus cirrhatus), also known by its Māori language name tuere, is a hagfish found around New Zealand and the Chatham Islands as well as around the south and east coasts of Australia, at depths between 1 and 900 metres.

Class: Hagfishes
Order: Hagfishes
Family: Myxinidae
Genus: Eptatretus
Maximum length: 97 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Pacific: southern and eastern Australia and New Zealand.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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