Species Kingdom

Animalia

Species Class

Teleostei
Elasmobranchii
Chondrostei
Holostei
Petromyzonti
Holocephali
Myxini
Cladistii
Coelacanthi

Species Order

Carangiformes
Acipenseriformes
Rajiformes
Chimaeriformes
Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei
Squaliformes
Beloniformes
Myctophiformes
Coelacanthiformes
Lophiiformes
Perciformes/Cottoidei
Clupeiformes
Acropomatiformes
Zeiformes
Osmeriformes
Siluriformes
Esociformes
Holocentriformes
Batrachoidiformes
Perciformes/Bembropoidei
Amiiformes
Characiformes
Gadiformes
Ateleopodiformes
Cichliformes
Heterodontiformes
Cypriniformes
Carangaria/misc
Ophidiiformes
Beryciformes

Eptatretus hexatrema (Müller, 1836)

Description

Common Names

No common names available.

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