Eptatretus hexatrema

Eptatretus hexatrema
Off False Bay, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: Myxini
Order: Myxiniformes
Family: Myxinidae
Genus: Eptatretus
Species:
E. hexatrema
Binomial name
Eptatretus hexatrema
(Müller, 1836)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Bdellostoma hexatrema Müller 1836
  • Heptatretus hexatremus (Müller 1836)
  • Hexatrema hexatremum (Müller 1836)
  • Bdellostoma heterotremum Müller 1836
  • Heterotrema heterotremum (Müller 1836)

Eptatretus hexatrema, the sixgill hagfish, or snotslang is a species of marine fish in the hagfish family (family Myxinidae) of order Myxiniformes. It is native to the South Atlantic Ocean and southwestern Indian Ocean.

  1. ^ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Myxinidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  2. ^ Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.