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Hagfish skin, used in a variety of clothing accessories, [4] is usually referred to as "eel skin". It produces a particularly durable leather, especially suitable for wallets and belts. It produces a particularly durable leather, especially suitable for wallets and belts.
A related species, the Gulf hagfish (Eptatretus springeri), occurs in the Gulf of Mexico. [7]To distinguish these two types of hagfishes, we can look at their lateral line and eyes, the Myxine glutinosa has no lateral line system and also an unpigmented, cornea-like window in the skin overlying the eye.
The Pacific hagfish (Eptatretus stoutii) is a species of hagfish. It lives in the mesopelagic to abyssal Pacific Ocean , near the ocean floor . It is a jawless fish and has a body plan that resembles early Paleozoic fishes.
Eptatretus deani, the black hagfish, is a species of hagfish. Common to other species of hagfish, their unusual feeding habits and slime -producing capabilities have led members of the scientific and popular media to dub the hagfish as the most "disgusting" of all sea creatures.
The dental plate protrudes out and folds onto the flesh of the prey and then retracts back into the hagfish's mouth. [6] It may also use its slime to suffocate its prey though this is mostly used as a defense against predators. [18] The moment a predator grasps a hagfish it will project slime out of its pores, causing the predator to choke.
Southern hagfish (Myxine australis) mid-19th century drawing by Günther. Myxine / m ɪ k ˈ s aɪ n iː / is a genus of hagfish, from the Greek μυξῖνος (myxinos, "slimy").It is the type genus of the class Myxini.
The nostrils are used by hagfish in other environments to locate food in the ground, due to their reduced eyesight. [6] The elongated nostrils provide the Lophelia hagfish with a similarly advanced sense of smell, aiding in their ability to find food in the reefs where they reside. The figure on the right shows these elongated nostrils.
The inshore hagfish (Eptatretus burgeri) is a hagfish found in the Northwest Pacific, from the Sea of Japan and across eastern Japan to Taiwan. It has six pairs of gill pouches and gill apertures. [4] These hagfish are found in the sublittoral zone. They live usually buried in the bottom mud and migrate into deeper water to spawn.