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Australia country information
Common names:
[No common name]
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
marine
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Comments:
Type locality, Western Australia, north of Point Hedland, NTM S.11822-001 (holotype of Eptatretus alastairi, 43.0 cm TL). Collected from Western Australia, from off Collier Bay (near Sandy Islet) to off Gantheaume Bay, 380-550 m; one specimen from Queensland, off Capricorn Group, at 500 m (Ref. 85052).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority:
http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Mincarone, M.M. and B. Fernholm, 2010
National Database:
Myxini (hagfishes) > Myxiniformes (Hagfishes) > Myxinidae (Hagfishes) > Eptatretinae
Etymology: Eptatretus:hepta (Gr.), seven; tretos (Gr.), perforated (i.e., with holes), referring to seven gill apertures on what would later be described as Homea banksii (=E. cirrhatus) [range within genus is 6-14 pairs of gill apertures]. (See ETYFish); alastairi:In honor of Alastair Graham (b. 1964), Fish Collection Manager, CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), Canberra, Australia, for help and hospitality offered to second author. (See ETYFish).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 380 - 550 m (Ref. 85052). Tropical
Distribution
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