WoRMS taxon details
Eptatretus stoutii (Lockington, 1878)
279298 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279298)
accepted
Species
Bdellostoma stouti Lockington, 1878 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Bdellostoma stoutii Lockington, 1878 · unaccepted
Eptatretus stouti (Lockington, 1878) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Polistotrema stoutii (Lockington, 1878) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Bdellostoma stouti Lockington, 1878) Lockington, W. N. (1878). Walks Round San Francisco. <em>The American Naturalist.</em> 12(12): 786-793., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=17557 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Eptatretus stoutii (Lockington, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279298 on 2026-06-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bdellostoma stoutii Lockington, 1878) Lockington, W. N. (1878). Walks Round San Francisco. <em>The American Naturalist.</em> 12(12): 786-793., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=17557 [details]
original description (of Bdellostoma stouti Lockington, 1878) Lockington, W. N. (1878). Walks Round San Francisco. <em>The American Naturalist.</em> 12(12): 786-793., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=17557 [details]
original description (of Bdellostoma stouti Lockington, 1878) Lockington, W. N. (1878). Walks Round San Francisco. <em>The American Naturalist.</em> 12(12): 786-793., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=17557 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Pacific hagfish | [details] |
| French | myxine brune | [details] |
| Russian | Тихоокеанский пиявкорот [from synonym] | [details] |
| Spanish | bruja pintada | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Eptatretus stouti (Lockington, 1878))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Bdellostoma stoutii Lockington, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Polistotrema stoutii (Lockington, 1878))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (96 publications) (from synonym Bdellostoma stouti Lockington, 1878)
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Bdellostoma stouti Lockington, 1878)
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Bdellostoma stoutii Lockington, 1878)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eptatretus stoutii)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Bdellostoma stoutii Lockington, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Polistotrema stoutii (Lockington, 1878))
To FishBase (from synonym Eptatretus stouti (Lockington, 1878))
To FishBase (from synonym Bdellostoma stouti Lockington, 1878)
To GenBank (406 nucleotides; 395 proteins) (from synonym Bdellostoma stoutii Lockington, 1878)
To GenBank (406 nucleotides; 395 proteins)
To GenBank (406 nucleotides; 395 proteins) (from synonym Eptatretus stouti (Lockington, 1878))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Eptatretus stouti (Lockington, 1878))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Bdellostoma stoutii Lockington, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Polistotrema stoutii (Lockington, 1878))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (96 publications) (from synonym Bdellostoma stouti Lockington, 1878)
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Bdellostoma stouti Lockington, 1878)
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Bdellostoma stoutii Lockington, 1878)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eptatretus stoutii)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Bdellostoma stoutii Lockington, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Polistotrema stoutii (Lockington, 1878))
To FishBase (from synonym Eptatretus stouti (Lockington, 1878))
To FishBase (from synonym Bdellostoma stouti Lockington, 1878)
To GenBank (406 nucleotides; 395 proteins) (from synonym Bdellostoma stoutii Lockington, 1878)
To GenBank (406 nucleotides; 395 proteins)
To GenBank (406 nucleotides; 395 proteins) (from synonym Eptatretus stouti (Lockington, 1878))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS