Genus of jawless fishes
| Eptatretus
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| Eptatretus stoutii
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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| Class:
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Myxini
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| Order:
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Myxiniformes
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| Family:
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Myxinidae
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| Subfamily:
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Eptatretinae
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| Genus:
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Eptatretus
Cloquet, 1819
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| Type species
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Gastrobranche dombey
Lacepède, 1798
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| Synonyms
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- Bdellostoma Mueller 1835
- Dodecatrema Fowler 1947
- Myxine (Heptatrema) Voigt 1832
- Heptatrema Dumeril 1832 ex Voigt 1832
- Petromyzon (Heptatremus) Swainson 1839
- Heterotrema Girard 1855 non Fiedler 1889
- Hexabranchus Schultze 1836 non Ehrenberg 1831
- Hexatrema Girard, 1855
- Homea Fleming 1822
- Polistotrema Gill ex Jordan & Gilbert 1881
- Polytrema Girard, 1855 non Rafinesque 1819 non Ferussac 1822 non D'Orbigny 1850 non Risso 1826 non Hickson 1911 non Clarke 1908
- Paramyxine Dean 1904
- Quadratus Wisner 1999 non Thiergart & Frantz 1962
- Heptatretus Regan 1912
- Diporobranchia Latreille 1825
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Drawing of Eptatretus cirrhatus
Eptatretus is a large genus of hagfish.
