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Eptatretus hexatrema (Müller, 1836)

Common Names

  • Cape sea-slang , Afrikaans , South Africa
  • Seskief-slymslang , Afrikaans , Namibia
  • Seskief-slymslang , Afrikaans , South Africa
  • Seksgællet slimål , Danish , Denmark
  • Cape sea-snake , English , South Africa
  • Sixgill hagfish , English , South Africa
  • Sixgill hagfish , English , USA
  • Sixgill hagfish , English , Global
  • Kuuepilune imisuu , Estonian , Estonia
  • Myxine à six trous , French , France
  • 六鰓粘盲鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 六鳃粘盲鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 蛭口粘鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 蛭口粘鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Pez moco de seis agallas , Spanish , Spain

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Myxini

    Order: Myxiniformes

    Family: Myxinidae

    Genus: Eptatretus

    Species: Eptatretus hexatrema (Müller, 1836)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Southeast Atlantic: known only from Walvis Bay, Namibia to Durban, South Africa.

    • Biology

    Commonly burrows in muddy bottoms (Ref. 27121). Feeds mostly by scavenging on dead or disabled fish (Ref. 27121). It is parasitised by the monogenean Myxinidocotyle eptatreti on the body surface (Ref. 124056).

    Habitat

    demersal

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless