Eptatretus minor
No common name
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Taxonomic Hierarchy
Myxini (Hagfishes)
Myxiniformes (Hagfish)
Myxinidae (Hagfishes)
Eptatretus
Eptatretus minor
Description
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Characters
Nasal barbels and single barbel lateral to mouth are relatively long. Total tooth cusps on lingual plate range from 46 to 52, with 11 to 14 in outer row and 11 to 13 in inner row. Three anterior teeth of outer row and three anterior teeth of inner row are fused at bases. Gill apertures range from five (rare) to six. Total slime pores range from 74 to 82, with pre-branchial pores numbering 15 to 18, branchial pores numbering 4 to 6, trunk pores numbering 41 to 48, and tail pores numbering 11 to 14. Ventral fin is poorly developed, originates posterior to last gill aperture, and extends to cloaca.
Color is pale grayish brown with a thin mid-dorsal white stripe.
Distribution
western North Atlantic in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Depth range: 300 to 472 m
Biology
Maximum known size is 395 mm TL
Males mature at 223 mm TL, and females mature at 310 mm TL
IUCN Red List Status: Data Deficient (DD), assessed 2009-11-10. Resilience: Low (Fec assumed to be <100).
Phylogeny and Morphologically Similar Fishes
Distinguished from other species of the family by the combination of characters
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: of no interest.
References
Fernholm and Hubbs 1981
Fernholm, B. (1998) Hagfish systematics. p. 33-44. In J.M. Jørgensen, J.P. Lomholt, R.E. Weber and H. Malte (eds.) The biology of hagfishes. Chapman & Hall, London. 578 p.
Mincarone, M.M. (2000) Eptatretus menezesi, a new species of hagfish (Agnatha, Myxinidae) from Brazil. Bull. Mar. Sci. 67(2):815-819.
Mok, H.-K., L.M. Saavedra-Diaz and A.P. Acero (2001) Two new species of Eptatretus and Quadratus (Myxinidae, Myxiniformes) from the Caribbean Coast of Colombia. Copeia 2001(4):1026-1033.
Patzner, R.A. (1998) Gonads and reproduction in hagfishes. p. 378-395. In J.M. Jørgensen, J.P. Lomholt, R.E. Weber and H. Malte (eds.) The biology of hagfishes. Chapman & Hall, London. 578 p.
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