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Eptatretus octatrema (Barnard, 1923)

Eightgilled hagfish, Eightgill hagfish

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Missing

Last record: 25 January 1900 (Mincarone, 2011)

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.

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.

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.

 

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