Myxine /mɪkˈsn/ is a genus of hagfish, from the Greek μυξῖνος (myxinos, "slimy"). It is the type genus of the class Myxini.[3]

Myxine
Atlantic Hagfish (Myxine glutinosa)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: Myxini
Order: Myxiniformes
Family: Myxinidae
Subfamily: Myxininae
Genus: Myxine
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Myxine glutinosa
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

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 edit

References edit

  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). "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.