Author: (Müller, 1836)
FBname: Sixgill hagfish
Comments: Commonly burrows in muddy bottoms (Ref. 27121).  Feeds mostly by scavenging on dead or disabled fish (Ref. 27121). It is parasitised by the monogenean <i>Myxinidocotyle eptatreti</i> on the body surface (Ref. 124056).