Slime eel

Latin: Myxine glutinosa
Size:
60 cm
Levested:
Soft seabed, 20-1300 meters depth.
Distribution:
Both sides of the Atlantic, from Morocco and north to Finnmark.
Food:
First and foremost, carrion.
Facts about hagfish

The hagfish can produce large amounts of mucus to protect itself from predators and encapsulate its prey so that other fish do not eat it.

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