Southern hagfish (Myxine australis) mid-19th century drawing by Günther
Myxine/mɪkˈsaɪniː/ is a genus of hagfish, from the Greek μυξῖνος (myxinos, "slimy"). It is the type genus of the class Myxini.[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]
^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.
^Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Petromyzontidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
^Genus Myxine
^Mincarone, M M; Plachetzki, D; McCord, C L; Winegard, T M; Fernholm, B; Gonzalez, C J; Fudge, D S (2021). "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. 192 (2): 453–474. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa178. ISSN 0024-4082.
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habitats such as the deep ocean, deep river channels and underground. Myxine glutinosa Myxine circifrons Polistotrema stouti Torpediniformes Benthobatis moresbyi...
the energy requirements of certain marine scavengers, such as the hagfish Myxine glutinosa. Boats involved in Nephrops fishery also catch a number of fish...
Bernd-Joachim (May 2000). "The Vertebrate 7S K RNA Separates Hagfish (Myxine glutinosa) and Lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis)". Journal of Molecular Evolution...
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the energy requirements of certain marine scavengers, such as the hagfish Myxine glutinosa. Boats involved in Nephrops fishery also catch a number of fish...
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(1916) (Comparative anatomy of the brain), Zur Anatomie des Gehirns von Myxine (1919), Zur Anatomie und Histologie des Vorder- und Zwischenhirns der Knochenfiske...
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Scientific name English name Swedish name Habitat Occurrence Red List status Myxinidae Myxine glutinosa Hagfish Pirål Marine Native and common Not evaluated...
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