FB-70919 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70919 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cypriniformes Cyprinidae Osteobrama Osteobrama tikarpadaensis Shangningam, Rath, Tudu & Kosygin, 2020 Kerala hagfish 2025-01-27 2025-01-27 George, I.E., K.K. Bineesh, E.A. Sharon, R. Bhaskar, M. Hashim and D. Banerjee0 A new species of eight-gilled hagfish (Myxinidae: <i>Eptatretus</i>) off Kerala, Western Indian Ocean. Species 2025 26:e2s1751. (Ref. 133001) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70928 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-02-21 00:00:00 2025-02-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70928 This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: Eight-gilled with 3/2 multicusp pattern; eight anterior and posterior unicusps; 42 total cusps; total pores 68-78 (prebranchial 10-12, branchial 7, trunk 41-48 and tail 10-12); brown-colored body; prominent eyespot; VFF inconspicuous (Ref. 133001). George, I.E., K.K. Bineesh, E.A. Sharon, R. Bhaskar, M. Hashim and D. Banerjee 2025 A new species of eight-gilled hagfish (Myxinidae: <i>Eptatretus</i>) off Kerala, Western Indian Ocean. Species 2025 26:e2s1751. (Ref. 133001) FB-Distribution-70928 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-02-21 00:00:00 2025-02-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70928 Western Indian Ocean: India. George, I.E., K.K. Bineesh, E.A. Sharon, R. Bhaskar, M. Hashim and D. Banerjee 2025 A new species of eight-gilled hagfish (Myxinidae: <i>Eptatretus</i>) off Kerala, Western Indian Ocean. Species 2025 26:e2s1751. (Ref. 133001) FB-Uses-70928 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-02-21 00:00:00 2025-02-21 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70928 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-70928 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-02-21 00:00:00 2025-02-21 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70928 44.7 cm TL (female) George, I.E., K.K. Bineesh, E.A. Sharon, R. Bhaskar, M. Hashim and D. Banerjee 2025 A new species of eight-gilled hagfish (Myxinidae: <i>Eptatretus</i>) off Kerala, Western Indian Ocean. Species 2025 26:e2s1751. (Ref. 133001) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-70928 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-02-21 00:00:00 2025-02-21 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70928 bathydemersal; marine; depth range 400 - 600 m (Ref. 133001) George, I.E., K.K. Bineesh, E.A. Sharon, R. Bhaskar, M. Hashim and D. Banerjee 2025 A new species of eight-gilled hagfish (Myxinidae: <i>Eptatretus</i>) off Kerala, Western Indian Ocean. Species 2025 26:e2s1751. (Ref. 133001)