Eptatretus hexatrema Sixgill hagfish

Eptatretus hexatremais commonly referred to as Sixgill hagfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Bernard Dupont, Frankreich

Foto:Two Oceans Aquarium, Waterfront, Cape Town, Western Cape, Süd-Afrika

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Scientific:: Eptatretus hexatrema
German:: Schleimaal
English:: Sixgill Hagfish

Category:: Lamprey

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Myxini (Class) > Myxiniformes (Order) > Myxinidae (Family) > Eptatretus (Genus) > hexatrema (Species)
Initial determination:: (Müller, ), 1836

Occurrence:: Endemic species, Namibia, South-Africa
Sea depth:: 10 - 400 Meter
Size:: up to 31.5" (80.0 cm)
Temperature:: 61.88 °F - 78.26 °F (16.6°C - 25.7°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Carrion, Detritus, Fish (little fishes), Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Eptatretus alastairi
Eptatretus ancon
Eptatretus astrolabium
Eptatretus atami
Eptatretus bischoffii
Eptatretus bobwisneri
Eptatretus burgeri
Eptatretus caribbeaus
Eptatretus carlhubbsi
Eptatretus cheni
Eptatretus chinensis
Eptatretus cirrhatus
Eptatretus deani
Eptatretus fernholmi
Eptatretus fritzi
Eptatretus goliath
Eptatretus gomoni
Eptatretus grouseri
Eptatretus hexatrema
Schleimaal
Eptatretus indrambaryai
Eptatretus laurahubbsae
Eptatretus longipinnis
Eptatretus luzonicus
Eptatretus mcconnaugheyi
Eptatretus mccoskeri
Eptatretus mendozai
Eptatretus menezesi
Eptatretus minor
Eptatretus moki
Eptatretus multidens
Eptatretus nanii
Eptatretus nelsoni
Eptatretus octatrema
Eptatretus okinoseanus
Eptatretus polytrema
Eptatretus profundus
Eptatretus sheni
Eptatretus sinus
Eptatretus springeri
Eptatretus stoutii
Eptatretus strahani
Eptatretus strickrotti
Eptatretus taiwanae
Eptatretus walkeri
Eptatretus wayuu
Eptatretus wisneri
Eptatretus yangi

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2023-02-13 08:18:03
Last edit:: 2023-02-13 17:30:45

Info

Marine lampreys of the family Petromyzontidae, along with hagfishes of the family Myxinidae, are the only representatives of the jawless fishes.
These jawless, scaleless, eel-like fish have a cartilaginous skeleton and no paired fins.
Lampreys and hagfishes, often called "roundmouths" because of their round mouths, are best known for their very unappetizing feeding habits.

Hagfish are scavengers, tearing the flesh off carrion, often from the inside out.

Shown in some large public aquariums.

Synonyms:
Bdellostoma hexatrema Müller, 1836
Heptatretus hexatrema (Müller, 183

External links

FishBase (en). Abgerufen am 13.02.2023.
Flickr Homepage Bernard Dupont (multi). Abgerufen am 13.02.2023.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 13.02.2023.
Science Direct (en). Abgerufen am 13.02.2023.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 13.02.2023.

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Foto:Two Oceans Aquarium, Waterfront, Cape Town, Western Cape, Süd-Afrika

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