Global InformationEptatretus deani information
| Black hagfish | |
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Conservation status
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 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | Myxini |
| Order: | Myxiniformes |
| Family: | Myxinidae |
| Genus: | Eptatretus |
| Species: | E. deani
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| Binomial name | |
| Eptatretus deani (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907)[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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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.[3][4][5] Although hagfish are sometimes called "slime eels", they are not eels at all.[6]
- ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Eptatretus deani". Itis.gov. 2003-03-17. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
- ^ "Synonyms of Eptatretus deani (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907)". Fishbase.org. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
- ^ "Friends of Oceanography Public Lecture Series - Explores the Strange, Wondrous, and Disgusting Hagfish". University of Rhode Island. 2002-03-25. Archived from the original on 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- ^ "Slimy, disgusting and useful". Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Archived from the original on 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- ^ Frank, Tammy (2004-08-09). "Disgusting Hagfish and Magnificent Sharks". NOAA Ocean Explorer. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- ^ Sea and Sky: Atlantic Hagfish