Myxine

Myxine
	Atlantic Hagfish (Myxine glutinosa)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Myxini
Order:	Myxiniformes
Family:	Myxinidae
Subfamily:	Myxininae
Genus:	Myxine; Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
	Myxine glutinosa; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	Gastrobranchus Bloch, 1791; Muraenoblenna Lacepede, 1803 non Kaup, 1856; Anopsus Rafinesque, 1815;

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]

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

^ 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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[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.

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