Common Name
Wayuu Hagfish
Year Described
Mok, Saavedra-Diaz & Acero P., 2001
Identification
Slime Pores
Prebranchial: 24
Branchial: 2
Trunk: 38-40
Tail: 9
Total: 73-75
Anterior unicusps: 7-8
Posterior unicusps: 8-9
Total cusps: 41-43
Tooth formula: 3/2
Body anguilliform and cylindrical. There are five gill openings. Gill openings linear. Branchial ducts tapering to a smaller size posteriorly. Caudal and anal finfolds well developed.
Color
Body and fins pink in life with paler areas around eyespot, pores, and branchial region.
Size
Maximum size to about 22cm TL.
Habitat
Caught on soft bottoms around 300-306m.
Range
Known from off the Caribbean coast of Colombia.
References
Mincarone, M. M. 2007. Revisao Taxonomica da Familia Myxinidae Rafinesque, 1814 (Myxiniformes). Tese de Doutorado, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
Mok, H.-K., L.M. Saavedra-Diaz & A.P. Acero. 2001. Two new species of Eptatretus and Quadratus (Myxinidae, Myxiniformes) from the Caribbean Coast of Colombia. Copeia 2001(4): 1026-1033.