Galapagos Species Database
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Eptatretus bobwisneri
Pez bruja de Gosline, Gosline’s hagfish
Eight gills and apertures on each side, last gill aperture on left side confluent with the pharyngocutaneous duct; 10 multicusps, pattern of 3 fused cusps in each anterior row and 2 in each posterior row; unicusps 9 each anterior and 8 each posterior row; total cusps 44; total slime pores 76, prebranchial pores 9, branchial pores 7, trunk pores 46-47, tail pores 13-14; face mostly white, including mouth and base of labial barbels; other barbels dark, with occasional white spots or tips; eye spots distinct, large and irregularly shaped; ventral finfold vestigial or absent; caudal finfold well developed (Ref. 31788).
Deep-water (512 - 563 m) Bathydemersal
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Myxini
Order
Myxiniformes
Family
Myxinidae
Genus
Eptatretus
Species
bobwisneri
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Eptatretus wisneri McMillan, 1999 Mincarone et al., 2021. Note: Eptatretus bobwisneriFernholm et al., 2013. Replacement for Eptatretus wisneriMcMillan, 1999, preoccupied by Paramyxine wisneriKuo et al., 1994. – Cruz-Mena & Angulo, 2015. – Angulo & Del Moral-Flores, 2016 Mincarone et al., 2021. Holoype: CAS 86429.
Origin: Endemic
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"Galapagos Species Database, Eptatretus bobwisneri", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24711. Accessed 31 October 2026.