Eptatretus strickrotti

Strickrott's hagfish
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Myxini
Order:	Myxiniformes
Family:	Myxinidae
Genus:	Eptatretus
Species:	E. strickrotti
Binomial name
	Eptatretus strickrotti; Møller & W. J. Jones, 2007

Eptatretus strickrotti, commonly known as Strickrott's hagfish, is a hagfish of the genus Eptatretus, found in the depths of the Pacific Ocean south of Easter Island. The hagfish was found in March 2005 by DSV Alvin pilot Bruce Strickrott, and a year later was determined by scientists to be a new species.^[1] It is the first hagfish recorded from a hydrothermal vent.^[2]

References

^ "CryptoMundo: New Hagfish Discovered". Retrieved 16 February 2007.
^ Møller, P. R.; Jones, W. J. (2007). "Eptatretus strickrotti n. sp. (Myxinidae): First Hagfish Captured From a Hydrothermal Vent". The Biological Bulletin. 212 (1): 55–66. doi:10.2307/25066580. PMID 17301331.

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[1] "CryptoMundo: New Hagfish Discovered". Retrieved 16 February 2007.

[2] Møller, P. R.; Jones, W. J. (2007). "Eptatretus strickrotti n. sp. (Myxinidae): First Hagfish Captured From a Hydrothermal Vent". The Biological Bulletin. 212 (1): 55–66. doi:10.2307/25066580. PMID 17301331.

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