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Eptatretus atami (Dean, 1904)

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

  • Brun slimål , Danish , Denmark
  • Black hagfish , English , USA
  • Brown hagfish , English , USA
  • Brown hagfish , English , Global
  • Pruun imisuu , Estonian , Estonia
  • Kuro-mekura-unagi , Japanese , Japan
  • 묵꾀장어 , Korean , Korea (South)
  • 褐副盲鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 褐副盲鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 阿氏黏盲鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 阿氏黏盲鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Yaponskaya paramiksina , Russian , Russia

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Myxini

    Order: Myxiniformes

    Family: Myxinidae

    Genus: Eptatretus

    Species: Eptatretus atami (Dean, 1904)

    Climate Zone

  • migratory

    • 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