Many-toothed Hagfish

Eptatretus multidens

Over fifty cusps hide beneath a back without white stripe

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Anguilliform
Large

Many-toothed Hagfish is known around Western Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 81.5 cm.

Class: Hagfishes
Order: Hagfishes
Family: Myxinidae
Genus: Eptatretus
Maximum length: 81.5 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Caribbean Sea and off French Guiana (Ref. 36999 ), including northeastern Brazil (Ref. 52140 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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