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Eptatretus polytrema (Girard, 1855)

Fourteen-gill hagfish
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Mixines (mixinos) (hagfishes) > Myxiniformes (Hagfishes) > Myxinidae (Hagfishes) > Eptatretinae
Etymology: Eptatretus: hepta (Gr.), seven; tretos (Gr.), perforated (i.e., with holes), referring to seven gill apertures on what would later be described as Homea banksii (=E. cirrhatus) [range within genus is 6-14 pairs of gill apertures] (See ETYFish); polytrema: poly- (Gr.), many; trema (Gr.), hole, referring to 16 gill apertures per side (See ETYFish).
More on author: Girard.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino demersal; no migratorio; rango de profundidad 10 - 350 m (Ref. 31276). Deep-water; 30°S - 42°S

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Southeast Pacific: Chile (from Coquimbo to Puerto Montt, Ref. 34263).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 93.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 31276)

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Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

TBK: demerspelag.

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Copulatory organ absent. The gonads of hagfishes are situated in the peritoneal cavity. The ovary is found in the anterior portion of the gonad, and the testis is found in the posterior part. The animal becomes female if the cranial part of the gonad develops or male if the caudal part undergoes differentiation. If none develops, then the animal becomes sterile. If both anterior and posterior parts develop, then the animal becomes a functional hermaphrodite. However, hermaphroditism being characterised as functional needs to be validated by more reproduction studies (Ref. 51361 ).

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Fernholm, B., 1998. Hagfish systematics. p. 33-44. In J.M. Jørgensen, J.P. Lomholt, R.E. Weber and H. Malte (eds.) The biology of hagfishes. Chapman & Hall, London. 578 p. (Ref. 31276)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 13 November 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Pesquerías: sin interés
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 10.5 - 11.8, mean 11.1 °C (based on 8 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00211 - 0.00719), b=2.92 (2.74 - 3.10), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  4.4   ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Generation time: 8.9 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Fec assumed to be <100).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (62 of 100). 🛈
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 10.4 [2.7, 33.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.333 [0.119, 0.906] mg/100g; Protein = 2.72 [0.00, 6.54] %; Omega3 = 0.259 [0.101, 0.676] g/100g; Selenium = 13.2 [3.9, 44.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 9.6 [2.0, 44.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.307 [0.153, 0.589] mg/100g (wet weight);