Sagami Hagfish
📖 Overview
Overview information for Sagami Hagfish is currently being compiled by our editorial team.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Gill pouches and gill apertures 8, with the latter arranged in a straight line, loosely spaced . Fused cusps 3/2, total cusps 44-49. Total slime pores 87-97. Eyespots present. Ventral finfold well developed. Caudal finfold well developed only from the tip of the tail dorsally to above origin of cloaca .: eel-like.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Sagami Hagfish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Sagami Hagfish is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Copulatory organ absent. The gonads of hagfishes are situated in the peritoneal cavity. The ovary is found in the anterior portion of the gonad, and the testis is found in the posterior part. The animal becomes female if the cranial part of the gonad develops or male if the caudal part undergoes differentiation. If none develops, then the animal becomes sterile. If both anterior and posterior parts develop, then the animal becomes a functional hermaphrodite. However, hermaphroditism being characterised as functional needs to be validated by more reproduction studies .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; non-migratory; depth range 300 - 1020 m . Deep-water Northwest Pacific: Taiwan (Ref.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Sagami Hagfish |
| 🌍CES | pasliznatka sagamská |
| 🇩🇪German | Sagami-Schleimaal |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Murasaki-nuta-unagi · Murasakinutaunagi · ムラサキヌタウナギ |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Peixe-bruxa-de-Sagami |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Сагамский пиявкорот |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 無目鰻 · 紫黏盲鰻 · 青眠鰻 · 鰻背 · 龍筋 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homea okinoseana | Dean | 1904 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 1 records indexed .
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