Eptatretus albiderma, Whitish hagfish

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Eptatretus albiderma Song & Kim, 2020

Whitish hagfish
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Mixini (Missine) (hagfishes) > Myxiniformes (Hagfishes) > Myxinidae (Hagfishes) > Eptatretinae
Etymology: Eptatretus: hepta (Gr.), seven; tretos (Gr.), perforated (i.e., with holes), referring to seven gill apertures on what would later be described as Homea banksii (=E. cirrhatus) [range within genus is 6-14 pairs of gill apertures]. (See ETYFish);  albiderma: albus (L.), white; derma (Gr.), skin, referring to whitish skin color. (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino batidemersale; distribuzione batimetrica 100 - 200 m (Ref. 123143). Tropical

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Western Pacific: Vietnam.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 53.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 123143)

Short description Morfologia | Morfometria

This species is distinguished by the following characters: 6 gill apertures and gill pouches; no eyespots or faint; multicusps 3/3; total cusps 41-43; gill pouch 2-3 at the end of dental muscle; total slime pores 74-78 (prebranchial 18-21, branchial 0-1, trunk 48-50, tail 10-11); prebranchial length 2.0-3.0% of TL; pharyngocutaneous duct is confluent with last gill aperture; ventral aorta splitting at about 5-6 gill pouch. Colour of body whitish to light pinkish (Ref. 123143).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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Song, Y.S. and J.-K. Kim, 2020. A new species of hagfish, Eptatretus albiderma sp. nov. (Agnatha: Myxinidae), from Vietnam, with the keys to species of Eptatretus in East Asia. Mar. Biodiv. 50(71):1-9. (Ref. 123143)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

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Fonti Internet

AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: Genere, Specie | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GenBank: genome, nucleotide | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, ricerca | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00204 (0.00092 - 0.00452), b=2.93 (2.73 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.2   ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100).