Eptatretus chinensis: a New Species of Hagfish (Myxinidae ; Myxiniformes) from the South China Sea
Chien-Hsien Kuo
Institute of Marine Biology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 804, R.O.C.
Hin-Kiu Mok
Institute of Marine Biology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 804, R.O.C.
A new species of hagfish, Eptatretus civnensis, which was collected from a depth of 600 meters In the South China Sea (E 113°14', N 19°37'), is described. It is a six-gilled species with a three-cusp multicuspid tooth in each tooth row and slime pores in the branch ial region.
Keywords
Eptatretus, Taxonomy, South China Sea
