New Zealand hagfish
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The New Zealand hagfish, or Broadgilled Hagfish, (Eptatretus cirrhatus), is a hagfish
of the genus Eptatretus
, found in south and east Australia
, and around New Zealand
, at depths of between 40 and 700 metres. Their length is up to 1 metre.
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...
of the genus Eptatretus
Eptatretus
Eptatretus is a large genus of hagfish. It has at around 48 described species at present.-Species:* Eptatretus alastairi Mincarone & Fernholm, 2010* Eptatretus ancon...
, found in south and east Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, and around New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, at depths of between 40 and 700 metres. Their length is up to 1 metre.