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Eptatretus
Cloquet, 1819
(fish)
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Entity:
Eptatretinae (Subfamily) - multi-gill hagfishes
..Eptatretus (Genus)
....Eptatretus alastairi (Species)
....Eptatretus ancon (Species)
....Eptatretus astrolabium (Species)
....Eptatretus atami (Species) - black hagfish
....Eptatretus bischoffii (Species)
....Eptatretus burgeri (Species) - inshore hagfish
....Eptatretus caribbeaus (Species)
....Eptatretus carlhubbsi (Species)
....Eptatretus cheni (Species)
....Eptatretus chinensis (Species)
....Eptatretus cirrhatus (Species)
....Eptatretus deani (Species) - black hagfish
....Eptatretus eos (Species)
....Eptatretus fernholmi (Species)
....Eptatretus fernholmi (Species)
....Eptatretus fritzi (Species)
....Eptatretus goliath (Species)
....Eptatretus gomoni (Species)
....Eptatretus grouseri (Species)
....Eptatretus hexatrema (Species) - sixgill hagfish
....Eptatretus indrambaryai (Species)
....Eptatretus lakeside (Species)
....Eptatretus laurahubbsae (Species)
....Eptatretus longipinnis (Species)
....Eptatretus lopheliae (Species)
....Eptatretus mcconnaugheyi (Species)
....Eptatretus mccoskeri (Species)
....Eptatretus mendozai (Species)
....Eptatretus menezesi (Species)
....Eptatretus minor (Species)
....Eptatretus moki (Species)
....Eptatretus multidens (Species)
....Eptatretus nanii (Species)
....Eptatretus nelsoni (Species)
....Eptatretus octatrema (Species)
....Eptatretus okinoseanus (Species)
....Eptatretus polytrema (Species) - Chilean hagfish
....Eptatretus profundus (Species)
....Eptatretus rubicundus (Species)
....Eptatretus sheni (Species)
....Eptatretus sinus (Species)
....Eptatretus springeri (Species) - Gulf hagfish
....Eptatretus stoutii (Species) - Pacific hagfish
....Eptatretus strahani (Species)
....Eptatretus strickrotti (Species)
....Eptatretus taiwanae (Species)
....Eptatretus walkeri (Species)
....Eptatretus wayuu (Species)
....Eptatretus wisneri (Species)
....Eptatretus wisneri (Species)
....Eptatretus yangi (Species)
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Chordata
-
(Class)
Myxini
-
(Order)
Myxiniformes
-
(Family)
Myxinidae
Current position
Eptatretinae
(Subfamily)
Bonaparte, 1850
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 24; ECoF(9 Apr 2025).
Alternative positions
Myxinidae
(Family)
Rafinesque, 1815
Ref:
R.A. Fritzsche & L. Fuiman, 1982
: 831.
Historical positions
Eptatretinae
(Subfamily)
Bonaparte, 1850
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 24.
Eptatretinae
(Subfamily)
Bonaparte, 1850
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: [2449].
[validity questionable]
Myxinidae
(Family)
Rafinesque, 1815
Ref:
R.A. Fritzsche & L. Fuiman, 1982
: 831.
Number of Subtaxa
2025
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
51s
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
[51s]
1990-present
R. Froese & D. Pauly
: 26 Sep 2005
[32s]
2004-2016
W.N. Eschmeyer
: 2 Oct 2012
[51s]
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Last updated:
21 Sep 2025