Eptatretus wisneri (Kuo, Huang & Mok, 1994)
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 Family:  Myxinidae (Hagfishes), subfamily: Eptatretinae
 Max. size:  33.5 cm TL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  bathydemersal; depth range 330 - 412 m, non-migratory
 Distribution:  Northwest Pacific: southeast of Taiwan.
 Diagnosis:  Brachial length 4.58% of total length; six pairs of gill pouches and gill apertures, gill apertures closely spaced in straight line; external opening of pharyngocutaneous duct (PCD) confluent with the most posterior left gill aperture (51 of 59 specimens examined), and much larger than other apertures; fused unicuspid teeth; eye spots present but not clear (Ref. 31545).
 Biology: 
 IUCN Red List Status:   (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
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 Entered by: Froese, Rainer - 28.09.99
 Modified by: Bailly, Nicolas - 31.03.14

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