[1] It is a scaleless, eel-like fish found in Caribbean waters that feeds off material from the surface that drifts down.

It is rarely seen as it lives in very deep water from 2,300-4,950 ft (700-1,500 m) and likes to burrow into the mud.

They have seven internal gills connected to a single opening on each side of the body.

The hagfish is named in honor of marine biologist Charmion B. McMillan (b.

1925), of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, for her contributions to the science of hagfish.