Fourteen-gill hagfish (Eptatretus polytrema) fish species and information / pictures of Fourteen-gill hagfish - Eptatretus polytrema

Fourteen-gill hagfish (Eptatretus polytrema) fish species information

Scientific Name
Eptatretus polytrema

Common Name
Fourteen-gill hagfish

Biology
Unknown

Classification

Classified By

Girard, 1855

Class

Hagfishes (Myxini)

Order

Hagfishes (Myxiniformes)

Family

Hagfishes (Myxinidae)

Distribution

Region

Southeast Pacific

Distribution

Southeast Pacific: Chile.

Range

30°S - 42°S

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

10 m

Depth To - meters

350 m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Marine; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 10 - 350 m

Trophic Level

4.25 s.e. 0.47 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

46.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: of no interest

Vulnerability

Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100)

Resilience

Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated