Common Name
Robinson's Hagfish
Year Described
Wisner & McMillan, 1995
Identification
Slime Pores
Prebranchial: 25-32
Branchial: 0
Trunk: 59-61
Tail: 7-11
Total: 94-104
Anterior unicusps: 11-13
Posterior unicusps: 11-12
Total cusps: 56-58
Tooth formula: 3/2
Body anguilliform and cylindrical. There are normally five gill pouches. No branchial pores (present in Eptratretus). Ventral and caudal finfolds well developed.
Color
Body brown with a paler head region breaking up into pale blotches to about the level of the gill aperture. Pores can have pale margins. Posterior part of body and finfolds unformly colored.
Size
Maximum size to 54cm TL.
Habitat
Taken on soft bottoms from 783-1768m.
Range
Known from the S. Caribbean Sea off Colombia and off Trinidad/Tobago.
References
Mincarone, M. M. 2007. Revisao Taxonomica da Familia Myxinidae Rafinesque, 1814 (Myxiniformes). Tese de Doutorado, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
Wisner, R. L. & McMillan, C. B. 1995. Review of new world hagfishes of the genus Myxine (Agnatha, Myxinidae) with descriptions of nine new species. Fishery Bulletin 93: 530-550.