Description

Gill pouches (GP) 6 pairs with gill apertures closely spaced in a fairly straight line; 1-2 GP at end of dental muscle. Ventral aorta splitting at about GP 5-6. Fused cusps 3/3. Total cusps 47-52. Prebranchial slime pores 12-19. Total pores 71-78. Eyespots faint or absent. Ventral finfold low to vestigial (Ref. 51420).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Myxini

Order: Myxiniformes

Family: Myxinidae

Genus: Eptatretus

Species: Eptatretus atami (Dean, 1904)

Climate Zone

Location

• Northwest Pacific: Japan. Notoriously confused with other unnamed species around Japan (Ref. 31276).

Biology

Attains over 50 cm TL (Ref. 559).

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Data deficient

Threat to Humans

Harmless