Paramyxine

Paramyxine
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Myxini
Order:	Myxiniformes
Family:	Myxinidae
Genus:	Paramyxine Dean, 1904

Paramyxine is a now invalid genus of hagfish being a junior synonym of Eptatretus. It currently includes two species, both of which belong in the genus Eptatretus. However, two species of Eptatretus are currently homonyms of the two Paramyxine species and need to be renamed before the following two species are officially transferred to Eptatretus.

Species

• Paramyxine fernholmi C. H. Kuo, K. F. Huang & H. K. Mok, 1994
• Paramyxine wisneri C. H. Kuo, K. F. Huang & H. K. Mok, 1994

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Paramyxine in FishBase. October 2011 version.