A new species of six-gilled hagfish (Myxinidae: Eptatretus) from the Lakshadweep Sea Author Augustina, Treasa 0000-0001-9531-8107 Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala & Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala & ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi 682018. & treasaaugustina 28 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9531 - 8107 treasaaugustina28@gmail.com Author Sreeram, Miriam Paul ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi 682018. Author Sukumaran, Sandhya 0000-0001-6177-469X ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi 682018. & sukumaransandhya @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6177 - 469 X sukumaransandhya@yahoo.com Author Jose, Anjaly 0000-0003-1132-4804 ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi 682018. & anjalijose 2 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1132 - 4804 & joshyguru @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8362 - 6433 & agopalkochi @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3355 - 4491 anjalijose2@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2022 2022-07-06 5162 2 120 134 journal article 93669 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.2.2 c6579072-543a-42a8-b582-6def2535bc95 1175-5326 6809918 58C2CCFF-56DA-4A1D-8A61-2E72930020BB

TABLE 1. Counts and proportions of Eptatretus wadgensis sp. nov.

Characters	Holotype	Paratypes
	CMFRI DNR GC.1.1.1.1	(n=3)
Total length (TL, mm)	400	308–340
Sex	Female	2 Females and 1 male
Gill aperture (GA)	6+6	6+6
Gill pouch (GP)	6+6	6+6
Nasal-sinus papilla	Absent	Absent
Cusps
Multicusp pattern	3/3	3/3
Anterior unicusps	9+9	9–10
Posterior unicusps	8+8	7–8
Total cusps	46	44–48
Slime pores
Prebranchial	12+12	12–13
Branchial	6+6	6+6
Trunk	40+40	39–40
Tail	9+9	8–11
Total pores	67	67–69
Length in % TL
Preocular	4.6	3.6–4.7
Prebranchial	23.6	23.6–24.1
Branchial	7.7	7.7–10.6
Trunk	51.4	46.9–52.1
Tail	11.3	11.3–14.5
Depth in % TL
Branchial region	7.9	6.6–8.1
Body depth incl. VFF	8.9	8.7–12.3
Body depth excl. VFF	8.4	8.4–11.7
Tail depth	8.9	8.9–10.5