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Genus of jawless fishes
Southern hagfish (Myxine australis ) mid-19th century drawing by Günther
Myxine 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]
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 (ghost hagfish)
Myxine robinsora Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Wisner's Caribbean hagfish)
Myxine sotoi
Mincarone , 2001 (Brazilian hagfish)
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Myxine .
^ 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 .