Pacific Hagfish 'Eptatretus stoutii' catch , also called Slime Eel, (in sea water, exporting live to South Korea for human consumption),.

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Pacific Hagfish 'Eptatretus stoutii' catch , also called Slime Eel, (in sea water, exporting live to South Korea for human consumption), it lives in the mesopelagic to abyssal Pacific ocean, it is a jawless fish and has a body plan that resembles early paleozoic fish. Inhabits the temperate anti-tropical regions of the North and South Pacific along the muddy seafloor, Del Norte County, Californnia, United States.

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Size: 5572px × 3208px
Location: Del Norte County, California, United States.
Photo credit: © inga spence / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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