| Family: |
Myxinidae (Hagfishes), subfamily: Eptatretinae |
| Max. size: |
37.3 cm TL (male/unsexed); 56.3 cm TL (female) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 563 - 710 m, non-migratory |
| Distribution: |
Western Pacific: known only from the type locality in the Philippines. |
| Diagnosis: |
This species can be distinguished from its known congeners by the following set of characters: gill pouches 8 pairs; 3-cusp multicusps on the anterior sets and 2-cusp multicusps on the posterior sets of cusps; total cusps 47-51; prebranchial pores 13-15; trunk pores 49-55; total pores 84-88; a single nasal-sinus papilla in the middorsal surface of the nasal sinus (Ref. 95645). |
| Biology: |
The holotype was collected from the type locality over green muddy bottom at bottom temperature of 6.8°C, surface water temperature 28.3°C (Anonymous, 1910). Additional specimens from the Verde Island Passage were collected at 578 and 710 m, sediment type ranged from mud to sand (Ref. 95645). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 09 November 2009 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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