Rubicundus rubicundus


Rubicundus rubicundus is a species of hagfish in the genus Rubicundus.

Physical appearance

It has zero dorsal spines, zero dorsal soft rays, zero anal spines, and zero anal soft rays. The Branchial slime spores and the gill apertures are arranged in a straight line the distances from a branchial slime pore to its immediately preceding and posterior gill apertures similar, the ventral aorta isn't bifurcated. The body color is pink. it has 5 gill apertures.

Etymology

The specific epithet is a combination of the Latin ruber, and -cundus. The name refers to the pink body color of the animal.

Habitat

they are found in Northeastern Taiwan, mostly in the coordinates 24°56.5'N, 121°53.0'E, near the town of Dali.

History

It was discovered by Aquatic Scientists Chien-Hsein Kuo, Sin-Che Lee, and Hin Kiu Mok.