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Eptatretus bahamensis Mincarone, Fernholm & Fudge, 2024
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Myxini (hagfishes) > Myxiniformes (Hagfishes) > Myxinidae (Hagfishes) > Eptatretinae
Etymology: Eptatretus: hepta (Gr.), seven; tretos (Gr.), perforated (i.e., with holes), referring to seven gill apertures on what would later be described as Homea banksii (=E. cirrhatus) [range within genus is 6-14 pairs of gill apertures] (See ETYFish); bahamensis: Named for its type locality, the Bahamas.
Etymology: Eptatretus: hepta (Gr.), seven; tretos (Gr.), perforated (i.e., with holes), referring to seven gill apertures on what would later be described as Homea banksii (=E. cirrhatus) [range within genus is 6-14 pairs of gill apertures] (See ETYFish); bahamensis: Named for its type locality, the Bahamas.
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Marine; demersal; depth range 560 - 591 m (Ref. 131344). Deep-water
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Western Central Atlantic: Bahamas.
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This species is distinguished from by the following characters: with five pairs of gill pouches and gill apertures which are well-spaced and arranged in a nearly straight line; branchial slime pores 4-5; prebranchial pores18; body depth 5.7% TL; trunk pores 47-49, total pores 82-85; nasal-sinus papillae 2; with a 3/2 multicusp pattern; total cusps 54 (Ref. 131344).
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Mincarone, M.M., B. Fernholm and D.S. Fudge, 2024. A new Western Atlantic species of five-gilled hagfish (Myxinidae: Eptatretus) from the Bahamas. Ichthyology & Herpetology 112(2):180-187. (Ref. 131344)
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Harmless
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