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Yang's Hagfish (Eptatretus yangi)
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Yang's Hagfish (Eptatretus yangi) specimen
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Myxinidae

Yang's Hagfish

Eptatretus yangi

Five gill openings crowd together out of line

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

Yang's Hagfish is known around Northwest Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 29.6 cm.

Family
Myxinidae
Maximum length
29.6 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Northwest Pacific: Taiwan and the South China Sea.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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