Eptatretus
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Eptatretus is a large genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of hagfish
Hagfish
Hagfish, the clade Myxini , are eel-shaped slime-producing marine animals . They are the only living animals that have a skull but not a vertebral column. Along with lampreys, hagfish are jawless and are living fossils whose next nearest relatives include all vertebrates...

. It has at around 48(+2) described species at present.

Species

  • Eptatretus alastairi Mincarone & Fernholm, 2010
  • Eptatretus ancon (H. K. Mok, Saavedra-Diaz & Acero P, 2001)
  • Eptatretus astrolabium Fernholm & Mincarone, 2010
  • Eptatretus atami (Dean
    Bashford Dean
    Bashford Dean was an American zoologist, specializing in ichthyology, and at the same time an expert in medieval armor. He is the only person to have held concurrent positions at the American Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he was Honorary Curator of Arms and...

    , 1904)
    (Brown hagfish)
  • Eptatretus bischoffii
    Eptatretus bischoffii
    Eptatretus bischoffii is a common hagfish of the genus Eptatretus. Its maximum length is . It lives in a demersal, non-migratory, marine habitat with its depth range between 8–50 m. It can survive in only temperate zones. These organisms are found in the South Pacific, mainly, Chile. It is harmless...

    (A. Schneider, 1880)
  • Eptatretus burgeri (Girard
    Charles Frédéric Girard
    Charles Frédéric Girard was a French biologist specializing in ichthyology and herpetology.Born in Mulhouse, France, he studied at the College of Neuchâtel, Switzerland as a student of Louis Agassiz. In 1847, he accompanied Agassiz as his assistant to Harvard...

    , 1855)
    (Inshore hagfish)
  • Eptatretus caribbeaus Fernholm, 1982
  • Eptatretus carlhubbsi (McMillan & Wisner, 1984) (Giant hagfish)
  • Eptatretus cheni (S. C. Shen & H. J. Tao, 1975)
  • Eptatretus chinensis C. H. Kuo & H. K. Mok, 1994
  • Eptatretus cirrhatus (J. R. Forster
    Johann Reinhold Forster
    Johann Reinhold Forster was a German Lutheran pastor and naturalist of partial Scottish descent who made contributions to the early ornithology of Europe and North America...

    , 1801)
    (Broadgilled hagfish)
  • Eptatretus deani (Evermann
    Barton Warren Evermann
    Barton Warren Evermann was an American ichthyologist. He was born in Monroe County, Iowa, and graduated from Indiana University in 1886. For 10 years, he served as teacher and superintendent of schools in Indiana and California. He was professor of biology at the Indiana State University in...

     & Goldsborough, 1907)
    (Black hagfish)
  • Eptatretus eos Fernholm, 1991
  • Eptatretus fernholmi McMillan & Wisner, 2004
  • Eptatretus fritzi Wisner & McMillan, 1990 (Guadalupe hagfish)
  • Eptatretus goliath Mincarone & D. J. Stewart, 2006 (Goliath hagfish)
  • Eptatretus gomoni Mincarone & Fernholm, 2010
  • Eptatretus grouseri McMillan, 1999
  • Eptatretus hexatrema (J. P. Müller
    Johannes Peter Müller
    Johannes Peter Müller , was a German physiologist, comparative anatomist, and ichthyologist not only known for his discoveries but also for his ability to synthesize knowledge.-Early years and education:...

    , 1836)
    (Sixgill hagfish)
  • Eptatretus indrambaryai Wongratana, 1983
  • Eptatretus lakeside Mincarone & McCosker, 2004
  • Eptatretus laurahubbsae McMillan & Wisner, 1984
  • Eptatretus longipinnis Strahan, 1975 (Longfinned hagfish)
  • Eptatretus lopheliae Fernholm & Quattrini, 2008
  • Eptatretus mcconnaugheyi Wisner & McMillan, 1990 (Shorthead hagfish)
  • Eptatretus mccoskeri McMillan, 1999
  • Eptatretus mendozai Hensley, 1985
  • Eptatretus menezesi Mincarone, 2000
  • Eptatretus minor Fernholm & Carl Hubbs
    Carl Leavitt Hubbs
    -Youth:He was born in Williams, Arizona. He was the son of Charles Leavitt and Elizabeth Hubbs. His father had a wide variety of jobs . The family moved several times before settling in San Diego where he got his first taste of natural history...

    , 1981
  • Eptatretus moki McMillan & Wisner, 2004
  • Eptatretus multidens Fernholm & Carl Hubbs
    Carl Leavitt Hubbs
    -Youth:He was born in Williams, Arizona. He was the son of Charles Leavitt and Elizabeth Hubbs. His father had a wide variety of jobs . The family moved several times before settling in San Diego where he got his first taste of natural history...

    , 1981
  • Eptatretus nanii Wisner & McMillan, 1988
  • Eptatretus nelsoni (C. H. Kuo, H. F. Huang & H. K. Mok, 1994)
  • Eptatretus octatrema (Barnard
    Keppel Harcourt Barnard
    Keppel Harcourt Barnard , was a South African zoologist and museum director. He was the only son of Harcourt George Barnard M.A. , a solicitor from Lambeth, and Anne Elizabeth Porter of Royston....

    , 1923)
    (Eightgill hagfish)
  • Eptatretus okinoseanus (Dean
    Bashford Dean
    Bashford Dean was an American zoologist, specializing in ichthyology, and at the same time an expert in medieval armor. He is the only person to have held concurrent positions at the American Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he was Honorary Curator of Arms and...

    , 1904)
  • Eptatretus polytrema (Girard
    Charles Frédéric Girard
    Charles Frédéric Girard was a French biologist specializing in ichthyology and herpetology.Born in Mulhouse, France, he studied at the College of Neuchâtel, Switzerland as a student of Louis Agassiz. In 1847, he accompanied Agassiz as his assistant to Harvard...

    , 1855)
    (Fourteen-gill hagfish)
  • Eptatretus profundus (Barnard
    Keppel Harcourt Barnard
    Keppel Harcourt Barnard , was a South African zoologist and museum director. He was the only son of Harcourt George Barnard M.A. , a solicitor from Lambeth, and Anne Elizabeth Porter of Royston....

    , 1923)
    (Fivegill hagfish)
  • Eptatretus sheni (C. H. Kuo, H. F. Huang & H. K. Mok, 1994)
  • Eptatretus sinus Wisner & McMillan, 1990 (Cortez hagfish)
  • Eptatretus springeri (Bigelow
    Henry Bryant Bigelow
    Henry Bryant Bigelow was an American oceanographer and marine biologist.After graduating from Harvard in 1901, he began working with famed ichthyologist Alexander Agassiz. Bigelow accompanied Agassiz on several major marine science expeditions including one aboard the Albatross in 1907...

     & Schroeder
    William Charles Schroeder
    William Charles Schroeder was an American ichthyologist. He was born on Staten Island, New York. He, along with his lifelong colleague Henry Bryant Bigelow, made substantial contributions to the knowledge of the fish fauna of the western North Atlantic...

    , 1952)
    (Gulf hagfish)
  • Eptatretus stoutii (Lockington, 1878) (Pacific hagfish)
  • Eptatretus strahani McMillan & Wisner, 1984
  • Eptatretus strickrotti
    Eptatretus strickrotti
    Eptatretus strickrotti, commonly known as Strickrott's hagfish, is a hagfish of the genus Eptatretus, found in the Pacific Ocean depths south of Easter Island. The hagfish was found in March 2005 by DSV Alvin pilot Bruce Strickrott, and a year later was determined by scientists to be a new...

    Møller & W. J. Jones, 2007 (Strickrott's hagfish)
  • Eptatretus taiwanae (S. C. Shen & H. J. Tao, 1975)
  • Eptatretus walkeri McMillan & Wisner, 2004
  • Eptatretus wayuu (H. K. Mok, Saavedra-Diaz & Acero P, 2001)
  • Eptatretus wisneri McMillan, 1999
  • Eptatretus yangi (H. T. Teng, 1958)


Also belonging to Eptatratus are the following two species currently retained in the no-longer recognized genus Paramyxine until such time as issues of homonymy are resolved:
  • Paramyxine fernholmi C. H. Kuo, K. F. Huang & H. K. Mok, 1994
  • Paramyxine wisneri C. H. Kuo, K. F. Huang & H. K. Mok, 1994
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