Eptatretus deani

Black hagfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: Myxini
Order: Myxiniformes
Family: Myxinidae
Genus: Eptatretus
Species:
E. deani
Binomial name
Eptatretus deani
Synonyms[2]
  • Polistotrema curtissjamesi Townsend & Nichols, 1925
  • Polistotrema deani Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907

Eptatretus deani, the black hagfish, is a species of hagfish.

Common to other species of hagfish, their unusual feeding habits and slime-producing capabilities have led members of the scientific and popular media to dub the hagfish as the most "disgusting" of all sea creatures.[3][4][5] Although hagfish are sometimes called "slime eels", they are not eels at all.[6]

  1. ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Eptatretus deani". Itis.gov. 2003-03-17. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
  2. ^ "Synonyms of Eptatretus deani (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907)". Fishbase.org. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
  3. ^ "Friends of Oceanography Public Lecture Series - Explores the Strange, Wondrous, and Disgusting Hagfish". University of Rhode Island. 2002-03-25. Archived from the original on 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
  4. ^ "Slimy, disgusting and useful". Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Archived from the original on 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
  5. ^ Frank, Tammy (2004-08-09). "Disgusting Hagfish and Magnificent Sharks". NOAA Ocean Explorer. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
  6. ^ Sea and Sky: Atlantic Hagfish