Class Myxini Family Myxinidae | Phylum Chordata Order Myxiniformes Rank Species | |
Similar Gulf hagfish, Eptatretus polytrema, Black hagfish | ||
Eptatretus strickrotti, commonly known as Strickrott's hagfish, is a hagfish of the genus Eptatretus, found in the depths of the Pacific Ocean south of Easter Island. The hagfish was found in March 2005 by DSV Alvin pilot Bruce Strickrott, and a year later was determined by scientists to be a new species. It is the first hagfish recorded from a hydrothermal vent.
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