Author: (Girard, 1855)
FBname: Inshore hagfish
Comments: Found in the sublittoral zone (Ref. 11230).  Usually buries itself in bottom mud (Ref. 26686). Migrates into deeper water to spawn (Ref. 51361, 51374).  This is the only member of the family having a seasonal reproductive cycle (Ref. 51361).  Food fish in Japan.  Hide is processed into leather and exported worldwide, usually as 'eel' leather.