Description
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Reference |
IB0001 |
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Category |
Fishes |
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Family Name |
Hagfishes - MYXINIDAE |
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Common Name |
Broadgilled Hagfish |
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Scientific Name |
Eptatretus cirrhatus |
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Artist Name |
Roger Swainston |
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Notes |
They are found in temperate waters worldwide. Hagfishes are opportunistic scavengers and feed by boring into the bodies of dead or dying animals. Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia |

