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Eptatretus

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Eptatretus
Pacific hagfish Myxine.jpg
Eptatretus stoutii
Scientific classification
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Myxini
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Eptatretus

Cloquet, 1819
Type species
Gastrobranche dombey
Lacepède, 1798
Synonyms
  • Bdellostoma Mueller 1835
  • Dodecatrema Fowler 1947
  • Myxine (Heptatrema) Voigt 1832
  • Heptatrema Dumeril 1832 ex Voigt 1832
  • Petromyzon (Heptatremus) Swainson 1839
  • Heterotrema Girard 1855 non Fiedler 1889
  • Hexabranchus Schultze 1836 non Ehrenberg 1831
  • Hexatrema Girard, 1855
  • Homea Fleming 1822
  • Polistotrema Gill ex Jordan & Gilbert 1881
  • Polytrema Girard, 1855 non Rafinesque 1819 non Ferussac 1822 non D’Orbigny 1850 non Risso 1826 non Hickson 1911 non Clarke 1908
  • Paramyxine Dean 1904
  • Quadratus Wisner 1999 non Thiergart & Frantz 1962
  • Heptatretus Regan 1912
  • Diporobranchia Latreille 1825
Drawing of Eptatretus cirrhatus

Eptatretus is a large genus of hagfish.

Species

There are currently 49 recognized species in this genus:[1][2][3]

  • Eptatretus aceroi Polanco Fernández & Fernholm, 2014 (Acero's hagfish)[4]
  • Eptatretus alastairi Mincarone & Fernholm, 2010 (Alastair's hagfish)
  • Eptatretus ancon H. K. Mok, Saavedra-Diaz & Acero P, 2001
  • Eptatretus astrolabium Fernholm & Mincarone, 2010 (Astrolabe hagfish)
  • Eptatretus atami Dean, 1904 (Brown hagfish)
  • Eptatretus bischoffii A. F. Schneider, 1880 (Bischoff's hagfish)
  • Eptatretus bobwisneri Fernholm, Norén, S. O. Kullander, Quattrini, Zintzen, C. D. Roberts, H. K. Mok & C. H. Kuo, 2013 (Bob Wisner's hagfish)[5]
  • Eptatretus burgeri Girard, 1855 (Inshore hagfish)
  • Eptatretus caribbeaus Fernholm, 1982 (Fernholm's Caribbean hagfish)
  • Eptatretus carlhubbsi C. B. McMillan & Wisner, 1984 (Giant hagfish)
  • Eptatretus cheni S. C. Shen & H. J. Tao, 1975
  • Eptatretus chinensis C. H. Kuo & H. K. Mok, 1994 (Taiwanese hagfish)
  • Eptatretus cirrhatus J. R. Forster, 1801 (Broadgilled hagfish)
  • Eptatretus cryptus C. D. Roberts & A. L. Stewart, 2015 (Cryptic hagfish) [6]
  • Eptatretus deani Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907 (Black hagfish)
  • Eptatretus fritzi Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1990 (Guadalupe hagfish)
  • Eptatretus goliath Mincarone & D. J. Stewart, 2006 (Goliath hagfish)
  • Eptatretus gomoni Mincarone & Fernholm, 2010 (Gomon's hagfish)
  • Eptatetrus goslinei Mincarone, Plachetzki, McCord, Winegard, Fernholm, Gonzalez & Fudge, 2021
  • Eptatretus grouseri C. B. McMillan, 1999 (Galapagos hagfish)
  • Eptatretus hexatrema J. P. Müller, 1836 (Sixgill hagfish)
  • Eptatretus indrambaryai Wongratana, 1983 (Bengal hagfish)
  • Eptatretus laurahubbsae C. B. McMillan & Wisner, 1984 (Juan Fernandez hagfish)
  • Eptatretus longipinnis Strahan, 1975 (Longfinned hagfish)
  • Eptatretus luzonicus Fernholm, Norén, S. O. Kullander, Quattrini, Zintzen, C. D. Roberts, H. K. Mok & C. H. Kuo, 2013 (Luzon hagfish)[5]
  • Eptatretus mcconnaugheyi Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1990 (Shorthead hagfish)
  • Eptatretus mccoskeri C. B. McMillan, 1999 (McMillan's hagfish)
  • Eptatretus mendozai Hensley, 1985 (Mendoza's hagfish)
  • Eptatretus menezesi Mincarone, 2000 (Santa Catarina hagfish)
  • Eptatretus minor Fernholm & C. L. Hubbs, 1981
  • Eptatretus moki C. B. McMillan & Wisner, 2004 (Mok's hagfish)
  • Eptatretus multidens Fernholm & C. L. Hubbs, 1981
  • Eptatretus nanii Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1988 (Valparaiso hagfish)
  • Eptatretus nelsoni C. H. Kuo, K. F. Huang & H. K. Mok, 1994 (Nelson's hagfish)
  • Eptatretus octatrema Barnard, 1923 (Eightgill hagfish)
  • Eptatretus okinoseanus Dean, 1904 (Sagami hagfish)
  • Eptatretus poicilus Zintzen & C. D. Roberts, 2015 (Mottled hagfish) [6]
  • Eptatretus polytrema Girard, 1855 (Fourteen-gill hagfish)
  • Eptatretus profundus Barnard, 1923 (Fivegill hagfish)
  • Eptatretus sheni C. H. Kuo, K. F. Huang & H. K. Mok, 1994
  • Eptatretus sinus Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1990 (Cortez hagfish)
  • Eptatretus springeri Bigelow & Schroeder, 1952 (Gulf hagfish)
  • Eptatretus stoutii Lockington, 1878 (Pacific hagfish)
  • Eptatretus strahani C. B. McMillan & Wisner, 1984 (Strahan's hagfish)
  • Eptatretus strickrotti Møller & W. J. Jones, 2007 (Strickrott's hagfish)
  • Eptatretus taiwanae S. C. Shen & H. J. Tao, 1975 (Taiwan hagfish)
  • Eptatretus walkeri C. B. McMillan & Wisner, 2004
  • Eptatretus wayuu H. K. Mok, Saavedra-Diaz & Acero P, 2001 (Honshu hagfish)
  • Eptatretus yangi Teng, 1958

References

  1. ^ Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  2. ^ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Petromyzontidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. ^ Mincarone, M M; Plachetzki, D; McCord, C L; Winegard, T M; Fernholm, B; Gonzalez, C J; Fudge, D S (2021-02-01). "Review of the hagfishes (Myxinidae) from the Galapagos Islands, with descriptions of four new species and their phylogenetic relationships". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa178. ISSN 0024-4082.
  4. ^ Polanco Fernandez, A. & Fernholm, B. (2014): A New Species of Hagfish (Myxinidae: Eptatretus) from the Colombian Caribbean. Copeia, 2014 (3): 530–533.
  5. ^ a b Fernholm, B., Norén, M., Kullander, S.O., Quattrini, A.M., Zintzen, V., Roberts, C.D., Mok, H.-K. & Kuo, C.-H. (2013): Hagfish phylogeny and taxonomy, with description of the new genus Rubicundus (Craniata, Myxinidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 51 (4): 296–307.
  6. ^ a b Zintzen, V., Roberts, C.D., Shepherd, L., Stewart, A.L., Struthers, C.D., Anderson, M.J., McVeagh, M., Noren, M. & Fernholm, B. (2015): Review and phylogeny of the New Zealand hagfishes (Myxiniformes: Myxinidae), with a description of three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 174 (2): 363–393.

External links

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