The Species Black List

Eptatretus lopheliae

Lophelia's hagfish

Lophelia's hagfish (Eptatretus lopheliae) is an eel-like species known only from a few specimens collected and observed in the western Atlantic off the southeastern United States (North Carolina and South Carolina).

Status

Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List

Restriction tier

2, restricted, extent unclear

Class

Myxini

Realm

Oceanic

Locality

not specified in the source

As IUCN records it

Eptatretus lopheliae Fernholm & Quattrini, 2008