Image: Lateral view of a Broadgilled Hagfish
Description
A Broadgilled Hagfish caught in a commercial trawl net at a depth of about 160 m, off Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, July 2004. The fish is now registered in the Australian Museum Fish Collection (AMS I.43389-001).
- Photographer:
- David Greenhalgh
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Broadgilled Hagfish
- Scientific name:
- Eptatretus cirrhatus
- Family:
- Myxinidae
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