Eptatretus

Eptatretus
	Eptatretus stoutii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Infraphylum:	Agnatha
Class:	Myxini
Order:	Myxiniformes
Family:	Myxinidae
Subfamily:	Eptatretinae
Genus:	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;

Eptatretus is a large genus of hagfish.

Species[edit]

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)^[7]
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[edit]

^ 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.
^ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Petromyzontidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
^ Mincarone, M M; Plachetzki, D; McCord, C L; Winegard, T M; Fernholm, B; Gonzalez, C J; Fudge, D S (2021). "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. 192 (2): 453–474. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa178. ISSN 0024-4082.
^ Polanco Fernandez, A. & Fernholm, B. (2014): A New Species of Hagfish (Myxinidae: Eptatretus) from the Colombian Caribbean. Copeia, 2014 (3): 530–533.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ Wisner, R. L.; McMillan, C. B. (1988). "A new species of hagfish, genus Eptatretus (Cyclostomata, Myxinidae), from the Pacific Ocean near Valparaiso, Chile, with new data on e. Bischoffii and e. Polytrema". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 21: 227–244. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.24585.

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[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). "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. 192 (2): 453–474. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa178. ISSN 0024-4082.

[Polanco_Fernández2014-4] Polanco Fernandez, A. & Fernholm, B. (2014): A New Species of Hagfish (Myxinidae: Eptatretus) from the Colombian Caribbean. Copeia, 2014 (3): 530–533.

[Fernholm2013-5] 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.

[Zintzen2015-6] 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.

[7] Wisner, R. L.; McMillan, C. B. (1988). "A new species of hagfish, genus Eptatretus (Cyclostomata, Myxinidae), from the Pacific Ocean near Valparaiso, Chile, with new data on e. Bischoffii and e. Polytrema". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 21: 227–244. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.24585.

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