Species Eptatretus cirrhatus (Forster, 1801)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Petromyzon cirrhatus Forster, J.R. in Bloch, M.E. & Schneider, J.G. 1801. Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus ex Illustratum. Berlin. 584 pp. 110 pls [532].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, New Zealand.

 

Generic Combinations

• Eptatretus cirrhatus (Forster, 1801).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

East of Fitzroy Reef, QLD (23º32´S) to east of Bass Strait; temperate, south-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

100–760 m in Australia and 1-1100 m in New Zealand.

 

General References

May, J.L. & Maxwell, J.G.H. 1986. Field Guide to Trawl Fish from Temperate Waters of Australia. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 492 pp. [81]

Mincarone, M.M. & Fernholm, B. 2010. Review of the Australian hagfishes with description of two new species of Eptatretus (Myxinidae). Journal of Fish Biology 77: 779-801 [781]

Scott, T.D., Glover, C.J.M. & Southcott, R.V. 1974. The Marine and Freshwater Fishes of South Australia. Adelaide : Government Printer 392 pp. figs. (in part, NSW specimens only)

Whitley, G.P. 1940. The Fishes of Australia. Part 1. The sharks, rays, devil-fish, and other primitive fishes of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. 280 pp. 303 figs. [253]

 

Common Name References

May, J.L. & Maxwell, J.G.H. 1986. Field Guide to Trawl Fish from Temperate Waters of Australia. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 492 pp. [81] (New Zealand Hagfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Broadgilled Hagfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
02-Feb-2012		02-Feb-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)