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Gomon's Hagfish (Eptatretus gomoni)
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Ecological Illustration of Gomon's Hagfish (Eptatretus gomoni)
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Myxinidae

Gomon's Hagfish

Eptatretus gomoni

Three barbels probing western Australian mud slopes

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Anguilliform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

Gomon's Hagfish is known from Eastern Indian Ocean as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.

Class
Hagfishes
Order
Hagfishes
Family
Myxinidae
Genus
Eptatretus
Water type
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
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