A new species of hagfish (Myxinidae: Eptatretus) from Papua New Guinea

A new species of seven‐gilled hagfish Eptatretus astrolabium (Myxinidae) is described from a 400 mm total length female trapped 1 km east from Planet Rock, Astrolabe Bay, Papua New Guinea, at c. 500 m depth. This is the first hagfish species reported from the waters around New Guinea. It can be dist...

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Published inJournal of fish biology Vol. 77; no. 4; pp. 998 - 1005
Main Authors Fernholm, B., Mincarone, M. M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2010
Subjects
Animals
Eptatretus
Female
Hagfishes - anatomy & histology
Hagfishes - classification
Myxinidae
New Guinea
original description
Papua New Guinea
seven-gilled hagfish
Species Specificity
Papua New Guinea
ISEW, Papua New Guinea
New Guinea
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Summary:A new species of seven‐gilled hagfish Eptatretus astrolabium (Myxinidae) is described from a 400 mm total length female trapped 1 km east from Planet Rock, Astrolabe Bay, Papua New Guinea, at c. 500 m depth. This is the first hagfish species reported from the waters around New Guinea. It can be distinguished from other hagfishes by a combination of characters including seven pairs of gill apertures, three‐cusp multicusps on the anterior and posterior rows of cusps, 10 posterior unicusps, 52 total cusps, 18–19 prebranchial pores, five branchial pores, 48–49 trunk pores, 83–84 total pores and no nasal‐sinus papillae.
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ISSN:0022-1112
1095-8649
DOI:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02741.x