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Myxine
Atlantic Hagfish (Myxine glutinosa).jpg
Atlantic Hagfish (Myxine glutinosa)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Myxini
Order: Myxiniformes
Family: Myxinidae
Subfamily: Myxininae
Genus: Myxine
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Myxine glutinosa
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Gastrobranchus Bloch, 1791
  • Muraenoblenna Lacepede, 1803 non Kaup, 1856
  • Anopsus Rafinesque, 1815
Southern hagfish (Myxine australis) mid-19th century drawing by Günther

Myxine /mɪkˈsn/ is a genus of hagfish.[3]

In 2021, three new species of Myxine were described from the Galápagos including M. phantasma, the only species of Myxine to not have melanin-based pigments.[4]

Species

  • Myxine affinis Günther, 1870 (Patagonian hagfish)
  • Myxine australis Jenyns, 1842 (southern hagfish)
  • Myxine capensis Regan, 1913 (Cape hagfish)
  • Myxine circifrons Garman, 1899 (whiteface hagfish)
  • Myxine debueni Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Magellan hagfish)
  • Myxine fernholmi Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Falkland Islands hagfish)
  • Myxine formosana H. K. Mok & C. H. Kuo, 2001 (Formosa hagfish)
  • Myxine garmani D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901 (Garman's hagfish)
  • Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758 (Atlantic hagfish)
  • Myxine greggi Mincarone, Plachetzki, McCord, Winegard, Fernholm, Gonzalez & Fudge, 2021
  • Myxine hubbsi Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Hubbs' hagfish)
  • Myxine hubbsoides Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995
  • Myxine ios Fernholm, 1981 (white-headed hagfish)
  • Myxine jespersenae Møller, Feld, I. H. Poulsen, Thomsen & Thormar, 2005 (Jespersen's hagfish)
  • Myxine knappi Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995) (Knapp's hagfish)
  • Myxine kuoi H. K. Mok, 2002 (Kuo's hagfish)
  • Myxine limosa Girard, 1859 (Girard's Atlantic hagfish)
  • Myxine martinii Mincarone, Plachetzki, McCord, Winegard, Fernholm, Gonzalez & Fudge, 2021
  • Myxine mccoskeri Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (McCosker's hagfish)
  • Myxine mcmillanae Hensley, 1991 (Caribbean hagfish)
  • Myxine paucidens Regan, 1913 (Hyalonema hagfish)
  • Myxine pequenoi Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Chilean hagfish)
  • Myxine phantasma Mincarone, Plachetzki, McCord, Winegard, Fernholm, Gonzalez & Fudge, 2021
  • Myxine robinsora Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Wisner's Caribbean hagfish)
  • Myxine sotoi Mincarone, 2001 (Brazilian hagfish)

References

  1. ^ Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  2. ^ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Petromyzontidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. ^ Genus Myxine
  4. ^ Mincarone, M M; Plachetzki, D; McCord, C L; Winegard, T M; Fernholm, B; Gonzalez, C J; Fudge, D S (2021-02-01). "Review of the hagfishes (Myxinidae) from the Galapagos Islands, with descriptions of four new species and their phylogenetic relationships". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa178. ISSN 0024-4082.
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