Chilean Hagfish

Myxine pequenoi

Sexual maturity arrives before twenty centimeters

Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
South America
Anguilliform
Medium

Chilean Hagfish is a marine fish found in ocean habitats. One memorable detail in its record is this: Sexual maturity arrives before twenty centimeters.

Class: Hagfishes
Order: Hagfishes
Family: Myxinidae
Genus: Myxine
Maximum length: 18.3 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Southeast Pacific: Chile (off Valdivia).
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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