Honshu hagfish
(Eptatretus okinoseanus)
Classification
Species:
Eptatretus okinoseanus
Genus:
Eptatretus
Family: Myxinidae - Hagfishes
Order: Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Class: Myxini - Hagfishes
Superclass: Agnatha - Jawless fishes
General data
Scientific names:
Honshu hagfish
Habitat:
Saltwater
Climate:
Temperate
Native to coast of:
Asia
Distribution
Northwest Pacific: Taiwan and southern Japan
Size
Max length : 80 cm TL
Short description
Gill pouches and gill apertures 8, with the latter arranged in a straight line, loosely spaced. Fused cusps 3/2, total cusps 44-49. Total slime pores 87-97. Eyespots present. Ventral finfold well developed. Caudal finfold well developed only from the tip of the tail dorsally to above origin of cloaca.