Eptatretus

Eptatretus

Eptatretus stoutii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Myxini
Order:	Myxiniformes
Family:	Myxinidae
Genus:	Eptatretus Cloquet, 1819
Type species
Gastrobranche dombey Lacepède, 1798
Synonyms
Bdellostoma Mueller, 1835 Dodecatrema Fowler, 1947 Myxine (Heptatrema Voigt, 1832) Petromyzon (Heptatremus Swainson, 1839) Heterotrema Girard, 1855 Hexabranchus Schultze, 1836 (non Ehrenberg, 1831) Hexatrema Girard, 1855 Homea Fleming, 1822 Polistotrema Gill, 1881 Polytrema Girard, 1855 (non Rafinesque, 1819; non Ferussac, 1822; non D’Orbigny, 1850; non Risso, 1826) Paramyxine Dean, 1904 Quadratus Wisner, 1999 Heptatretus Regan, 1912

Eptatretus is a large genus of hagfish.

Species

There are currently 48 recognized species in this genus:

Eptatretus aceroi Polanco Fernández & Fernholm, 2014 ^[1]
Eptatretus alastairi Mincarone & Fernholm, 2010
Eptatretus ancon H. K. Mok, Saavedra-Diaz & Acero P, 2001
Eptatretus astrolabium Fernholm & Mincarone, 2010
Eptatretus atami Dean, 1904 (Brown hagfish)
Eptatretus bischoffii A. F. Schneider, 1880
Eptatretus bobwisneri Fernholm, Norén, S. O. Kullander, Quattrini, Zintzen, C. D. Roberts, H. K. Mok & C. H. Kuo, 2013 ^[2]
Eptatretus burgeri Girard, 1855 (Inshore hagfish)
Eptatretus caribbeaus Fernholm, 1982
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
Eptatretus cirrhatus J. R. Forster, 1801 (Broadgilled hagfish)
Eptatretus cryptus C. D. Roberts & A. L. Stewart, 2015 (Cryptic hagfish) ^[3]
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
Eptatretus grouseri C. B. McMillan, 1999
Eptatretus hexatrema J. P. Müller, 1836 (Sixgill hagfish)
Eptatretus indrambaryai Wongratana, 1983
Eptatretus laurahubbsae C. B. McMillan & Wisner, 1984
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 ^[2]
Eptatretus mcconnaugheyi Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1990 (Shorthead hagfish)
Eptatretus mccoskeri C. B. McMillan, 1999
Eptatretus mendozai Hensley, 1985
Eptatretus menezesi Mincarone, 2000
Eptatretus minor Fernholm & C. L. Hubbs, 1981
Eptatretus moki C. B. McMillan & Wisner, 2004
Eptatretus multidens Fernholm & C. L. Hubbs, 1981
Eptatretus nanii Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1988
Eptatretus nelsoni C. H. Kuo, K. F. Huang & H. K. Mok, 1994
Eptatretus octatrema Barnard, 1923 (Eightgill hagfish)
Eptatretus okinoseanus Dean, 1904
Eptatretus poicilus Zintzen & C. D. Roberts, 2015 (Mottled hagfish) ^[3]
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
Eptatretus strickrotti Møller & W. J. Jones, 2007 (Strickrott's hagfish)
Eptatretus taiwanae S. C. Shen & H. J. Tao, 1975
Eptatretus walkeri C. B. McMillan & Wisner, 2004
Eptatretus wayuu H. K. Mok, Saavedra-Diaz & Acero P, 2001
Eptatretus yangi Teng, 1958

References

↑ Polanco Fernandez, A. & Fernholm, B. (2014): A New Species of Hagfish (Myxinidae: Eptatretus) from the Colombian Caribbean. Copeia, 2014 (3): 530–533.
1 2 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.
1 2 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.

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