Eptatretus octatrema (Barnard, 1923)
Eightgilled hagfish, Eightgill hagfish, Agkief-slymslang (Smith, 1975)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 25 January 1900 (Mincarone, 2011)
Rediscovered on: 8 June 2010 (specimens); 2010 or later (recognition) (both Mincarone, 2017 [by implication])
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
South Africa
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Barnard, K. H. (1923). Diagnoses of new species of marine fishes from South African waters. Annals of the South African Museum 13: 439-444.
Other references:
Adam, H. and Strahan, R. (1963). Systematics and geographical distribution of myxinoids. In: A. Brodal and R. Fänge (eds), The biology of Myxine, pp. 588. Universitetsforlaget, Oslo.
Fernholm, B. (1986). Myxinidae. In: M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds), Smiths’ sea fishes, pp. 35-36. Macmillan, Johannesburg.
Fernholm, B. (1998). Hagfish systematics. In: J.M. Jørgensen, J.P. Lomholt, R.E. Weber and H. Malte (eds), The Biology of Hagfishes, pp. 33-44. Chapman & Hall, London.
Knapp, L., Mincarone, M. M., Harwell, H., Polidoro, B., Sanciangco, J. and Carpenter, K. (2011). Conservation status of the world’s hagfish species and the loss of phylogenetic diversity and ecosystem function. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 21: 401-411. doi:10.1002/aqc.1202
Mincarone, M. M. (2011). Eptatretus octatrema. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T196038A8996587. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T196038A8996587.en. Accessed on 06 March 2023.
Mincarone, M. M. (2017). Redescription of the hagfishes (Myxinidae: Eptatretus) from southern Africa. Marine Biology Research 13(7): 797-810.
Patzner, R. A. (1998). Gonads and reproduction in hagfishes. In: J.M. Jørgensen, J.P. Lomholt, R.E. Weber, and H. Malte (eds), The biology of hagfishes, pp. 378-395. Chapman & Hall, London.
Smith, M. M. (1975). Common and scientific names of the fishes of Southern Africa. Part 1. Marine fishes. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology Special Publication.