Inshore hagfish (Eptatretus burgeri)

Scientific name: Eptatretus burgeri Girard, 1855

Inshore hagfish (Eptatretus burgeri)

The Inshore hagfish (Eptatretus burgeri) is a marine fish of the family Myxinidae. Native range: Northwest Pacific, Sea of Japan and eastern Japan to Taiwan.

Biology

Six pairs of gill pouches and gill apertures in a rarely variable linear arrangement. Branchial slime pores, 4-6. The last left gill aperture is closely adjacent to but separate from the pharyngocutaneous duct. Eyes spots are prominent. White mid-dorsal line prominent; fused cusps 3/2, total cusps 40-42; total slime pores 81-92.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Eptatretus burgeri
Family
Myxinidae (Hagfishes)
Order
Myxiniformes (Hagfishes)
Class
Myxini (Hagfishes)
Maximum length
60.0
Depth range
10–270 m (33–886 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 10 - 270 m
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Northwest Pacific: Sea of Japan and eastern Japan to Taiwan.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; bait: usually
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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