Pacific hagfish

The hagfish is notorious for its slimy skin.

The Pacific hagfish lives in the demersal, non-migratory, marine, depth range 16 - 633 m environment.

Pacific hagfish resting on bottom 280 m depth off Oregon coast Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata (unranked): Craniata More

The Pacific hagfish belongs to a group of fish known as the agnathans, considered the most primitive of the living fish. The hagfish, which is blind, lacks true jaws and instead has a sucking disc capable of attaching to the sides of larger fishes. More

The Pacific hagfish belongs to a group of fish known as the agnathans, considered the most primitive of the living fish. The hagfish, which is blind,... More

The Pacific Hagfish is a jawless fish and is known as a slime eel. This names comes from sticky slime it releases through its pores to defend itself. More

Aging of Pacific hagfish has not been done due to lack of hard body parts in the fish that would bear annual marks. Harvest Harvest is done with traps on longlines baited with dead fish. More

The Pacific Hagfish is an amazing animal capable of producing superhuman like slime as a defense mechanism. This is very cool. 1. Categories: Pets & Animals, Science & Tech 2. More

The Pacific Hagfish (Eptatretus stoutii) or Slime Eel, is one of about 60 known species of hagfish. Its a very unusual looking creature. It looks less like a fish than a small rubber tube with a mounth on one end. The mouth has small sensory barbels. More

Common names

bruja pintada in Spanish (español)
California hagfish in English
Eptatretus stoutii in Spanish (español)
Hag-fish in English
Lamperina in English
Miksina in Russian (русский язык)
Mixinido del Pacifico in Spanish (español)
Pacific hagfish in English
Pacifisk slimål in Danish (dansk)
Pazifischer Inger in German (Deutsch)
太平洋粘盲鰻 in Mandarin Chinese
太平洋粘盲鳗 in Mandarin Chinese

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