WoRMS taxon details
Eptatretus Cloquet, 1819
206895 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206895)
accepted
Genus
Bdellostoma Müller, 1836 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Heptatrema Duméril, 1832 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation
Heptatretus Regan, 1912 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation
Homea Fleming, 1822 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paramyxine Dean, 1904 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polistotrema Gill, 1881 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Quadratus Wisner, 1999 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
- Species Eptatretus aceroi Polanco Fernandez & Fernholm, 2014
- Species Eptatretus alastairi Mincarone & Fernholm, 2010
- Species Eptatretus albiderma Song & Kim, 2020
- Species Eptatretus ancon (Mok, Saavedra-Díaz & Acero P., 2001)
- Species Eptatretus astrolabium Fernholm & Mincarone, 2010
- Species Eptatretus atami (Dean, 1904)
- Species Eptatretus bahamensis Mincarone, Fernholm & Fudge, 2024
- Species Eptatretus bischoffii (Schneider, 1880)
- Species Eptatretus bobwisneri Fernholm, Norén, Kullander, Quattrini, Zintzen, Roberts, Mok & Kuo, 2013
- Species Eptatretus burgeri (Girard, 1855)
- Species Eptatretus caribbeaus Fernholm, 1982
- Species Eptatretus carlhubbsi McMillan & Wisner, 1984
- Species Eptatretus cheni (Shen & Tao, 1975)
- Species Eptatretus chinensis Kuo & Mok, 1994
- Species Eptatretus cirrhatus (Forster, 1801)
- Species Eptatretus cryptus Roberts & Stewart, 2015
- Species Eptatretus deani (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907)
- Species Eptatretus fernholmi (Kuo, Huang & Mok, 1994)
- Species Eptatretus fritzi Wisner & McMillan, 1990
- Species Eptatretus fudgei Fernholm & Mincarone, 2023
- Species Eptatretus goliath Mincarone & Stewart, 2006
- Species Eptatretus gomoni Mincarone & Fernholm, 2010
- Species Eptatretus goslinei Mincarone, Plachetzki, McCord, Winegard, Fernholm, Gonzalez & Fudge, 2021
- Species Eptatretus grouseri McMillan, 1999
- Species Eptatretus hexatrema (Müller, 1836)
- Species Eptatretus indrambaryai Wongratana, 1984
- Species Eptatretus laurahubbsae McMillan & Wisner, 1984
- Species Eptatretus longipinnis Strahan, 1975
- Species Eptatretus luzonicus Fernholm, Norén, Kullander, Quattrini, Zintzen, Roberts, Mok & Kuo, 2013
- Species Eptatretus mcconnaugheyi Wisner & McMillan, 1990
- Species Eptatretus mccoskeri McMillan, 1999
- Species Eptatretus mendozai Hensley, 1985
- Species Eptatretus menezesi Mincarone, 2000
- Species Eptatretus minor Fernholm & Hubbs, 1981
- Species Eptatretus moki (McMillan & Wisner, 2004)
- Species Eptatretus multidens Fernholm & Hubbs, 1981
- Species Eptatretus nanii Wisner & McMillan, 1988
- Species Eptatretus nelsoni (Kuo, Huang & Mok, 1994)
- Species Eptatretus octatrema (Barnard, 1923)
- Species Eptatretus okinoseanus (Dean, 1904)
- Species Eptatretus poicilus Zintzen & Roberts, 2015
- Species Eptatretus polytrema (Girard, 1855)
- Species Eptatretus profundus (Barnard, 1923)
- Species Eptatretus sheni (Kuo, Huang & Mok, 1994)
- Species Eptatretus sinus Wisner & McMillan, 1990
- Species Eptatretus springeri (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1952)
- Species Eptatretus stoutii (Lockington, 1878)
- Species Eptatretus strahani McMillan & Wisner, 1984
- Species Eptatretus strickrotti Møller & Jones, 2007
- Species Eptatretus sunilii George & Bineesh, 2025
- Species Eptatretus taiwanae (Shen & Tao, 1975)
- Species Eptatretus wadgensis Augustina, Sreeram, Sukumaran, Sreekumar, Jose, Joshi & Gopalakrishnan, 2022
- Species Eptatretus walkeri (McMillan & Wisner, 2004)
- Species Eptatretus wandoensis Song & Kim, 2020
- Species Eptatretus wayuu Mok, Saavedra-Díaz & Acero P., 2001
- Species Eptatretus wisneri (Kuo, Huang & Mok, 1994)
- Species Eptatretus yangi (Teng, 1958)
- Species Eptatretus banksii (Fleming, 1822) accepted as Eptatretus cirrhatus (Forster, 1801)
- Species Eptatretus bischoffi (Schneider, 1880) accepted as Eptatretus bischoffii (Schneider, 1880) (misspelling)
- Species Eptatretus bischoffli (Schneider, 1880) accepted as Eptatretus bischoffii (Schneider, 1880) (misspelling)
- Species Eptatretus decatrema (Regan, 1912) accepted as Eptatretus bischoffii (Schneider, 1880)
- Species Eptatretus eos Fernholm, 1991 accepted as Rubicundus eos (Fernholm, 1991) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Eptatretus fernholmi McMillan & Wisner, 2004 accepted as Eptatretus luzonicus Fernholm, Norén, Kullander, Quattrini, Zintzen, Roberts, Mok & Kuo, 2013 (unaccepted > junior homonym, secondary homonym)
- Species Eptatretus gopali Augustina, Akhilesh, Sreeram & Sukumaran, 2025 accepted as Eptatretus sunilii George & Bineesh, 2025 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Eptatretus lakeside Mincarone & McCosker, 2004 accepted as Rubicundus lakeside (Mincarone & McCosker, 2004) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Eptatretus laurahubbsi McMillan & Wisner, 1984 accepted as Eptatretus laurahubbsae McMillan & Wisner, 1984 (misspelling)
- Species Eptatretus lopheliae Fernholm & Quattrini, 2008 accepted as Rubicundus lopheliae (Fernholm & Quattrini, 2008) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Eptatretus rubicundus Kuo, Lee & Mok, 2010 accepted as Rubicundus rubicundus (Kuo, Lee & Mok, 2010) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Eptatretus stouti (Lockington, 1878) accepted as Eptatretus stoutii (Lockington, 1878) (misspelling)
- Species Eptatretus wayun Mok, Saavedra-Díaz & Acero P., 2001 accepted as Eptatretus wayuu Mok, Saavedra-Díaz & Acero P., 2001 (misspelling)
- Species Eptatretus wisneri McMillan, 1999 accepted as Eptatretus bobwisneri Fernholm, Norén, Kullander, Quattrini, Zintzen, Roberts, Mok & Kuo, 2013 (unaccepted > junior homonym, secondary homonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Eptatretus Cloquet, 1819. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206895 on 2026-06-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Quadratus Wisner, 1999) Wisner, R. L. (1999). Descriptions of two new subfamilies and a new genus of hagfishes (Cyclostomata: Myxinidae). <em>Zoological Studies.</em> 38(3): 307-313. [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Bdellostoma Müller, 1836) Müller, J. (1836). Vergleichende Anatomie der Myxinoiden, der Cyclostomen mit durchbohrtem Gaumen. Erster Theil. Osteologie und Myologie. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1834: 65-340, Pls. 1-9., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=3060 [details]
original description (of Heptatretus Regan, 1912) Regan, C. T. (1912). A synopsis of the myxinoids of the genus <i>Heptatretus</i> or <i>Bdellostoma</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 9(53): 534-536., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=12438 [details]
original description (of Homea Fleming, 1822) Fleming, J. (1822). The philosophy of zoology: or a general view of the structure, functions and classification of animals. <em>Edinburgh Vol.</em> 2: 1-618., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230157, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=5063 [details]
basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
[request]original description (of Bdellostoma Müller, 1836) Müller, J. (1836). Vergleichende Anatomie der Myxinoiden, der Cyclostomen mit durchbohrtem Gaumen. Erster Theil. Osteologie und Myologie. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1834: 65-340, Pls. 1-9., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=3060 [details]
original description (of Heptatretus Regan, 1912) Regan, C. T. (1912). A synopsis of the myxinoids of the genus <i>Heptatretus</i> or <i>Bdellostoma</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 9(53): 534-536., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=12438 [details]
original description (of Homea Fleming, 1822) Fleming, J. (1822). The philosophy of zoology: or a general view of the structure, functions and classification of animals. <em>Edinburgh Vol.</em> 2: 1-618., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230157, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=5063 [details]
basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
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 Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヌタウナギ属 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Catalog of Fishes
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Paramyxine Dean, 1904)
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Quadratus Wisner, 1999)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eptatretus)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Paramyxine Dean, 1904)
To ITIS
To Catalog of Fishes
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Paramyxine Dean, 1904)
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Quadratus Wisner, 1999)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eptatretus)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Paramyxine Dean, 1904)
To ITIS
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