Kingdom Animalia Genus Eptatretus Phylum Chordata Rank Species | Family Myxinidae Scientific name Eptatretus cirrhatus Higher classification Eptatretus Order Hagfish | |
Similar Eptatretus, Hagfish, Gulf hagfish, Black hagfish, Pacific hagfish | ||
The New Zealand hagfish, or broadgilled hagfish, (Eptatretus cirrhatus), is a hagfish of the genus Eptatretus, found in south and east Australia, and around New Zealand, at depths of between 40 and 700 metres. Their length is up to 1 metre.
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New Zealand hagfish Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA