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Myxine Hubbsoides
''Myxine'' is a genus of hagfish, from the Greek μυξῖνος (''myxinos'', "slimy"). 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. 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'' * '' Myxine hubbsi'' Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Hubbs' hagfish) * '' Myxine hubbsoides'' Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myxine Glutinosa
''Myxine glutinosa'', known as the Atlantic hagfish in North America, and often simply as the hagfish in Europe, is a species of jawless fish of the genus ''Myxine''. Distribution The distribution of ''Myxine glutinosa'' in the eastern Atlantic Ocean extends from the western Mediterranean Sea and Portugal to the North Sea, Skagerrak, Kattegat and the Varanger Fjord. It is also found in the western Atlantic Ocean from Baffin Island, Canada south to North Carolina. A related species, the Gulf hagfish ('' Eptatretus springeri''), occurs in the Gulf of Mexico. Description The Atlantic hagfish may grow up to long, with no eyes and no jaws; its star-shaped mouth is surrounded by 6 barbels. There is a single gill slit on each side of the eel-like body. It has a total of 88–102 pores from which it can exude a slimy mucus Mucus ( ) is a slippery aqueous secretion produced by, and covering, mucous membranes. It is typically produced from cells found in mucous glands, although it ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
