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''Myxine'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
hagfish
Hagfish, of the class Myxini (also known as Hyperotreti) and order Myxiniformes , are eel-shaped, slime-producing marine fish (occasionally called slime eels). They are the only known living animals that have a skull but no vertebral column, ...
, 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
Melanin (; from el, μέλας, melas, black, dark) is a broad term for a group of natural pigments found in most organisms. Eumelanin is produced through a multistage chemical process known as melanogenesis, where the oxidation of the amino ...
-based pigments.
Species
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Myxine affinis
''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 mela ...
''
Günther, 1870 (Patagonian hagfish)
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Myxine australis''
Jenyns, 1842 (southern hagfish)
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Myxine capensis
''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 mela ...
''
Regan, 1913 (Cape hagfish)
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Myxine circifrons
''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 mela ...
''
Garman Garman is a surname or first name. Notable people with the name include:
Sports
* Ann Garman, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Judi Garman (born 1954), American softball coach
* Mike Garman (born 1949), American baseball pla ...
, 1899 (whiteface hagfish)
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Myxine debueni
''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 mela ...
''
Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Magellan hagfish)
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Myxine fernholmi''
Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Falkland Islands hagfish)
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Myxine formosana''
H. K. Mok & C. H. Kuo, 2001 (Formosa hagfish)
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Myxine garmani''
D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901 (Garman's hagfish)
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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 ...
''
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758 (Atlantic hagfish)
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Myxine greggi''
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Myxine hubbsi''
Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Hubbs' hagfish)
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Myxine hubbsoides''
Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995
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Myxine ios''
Fernholm, 1981 (white-headed hagfish)
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Myxine jespersenae''
Møller, Feld, I. H. Poulsen, Thomsen __NOTOC__
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& Thormar, 2005 (Jespersen's hagfish)
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Myxine knappi
''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 melan ...
''
Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995) (Knapp's hagfish)
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Myxine kuoi
''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 melan ...
''
H. K. Mok, 2002 (Kuo's hagfish)
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Myxine limosa''
Girard, 1859 (Girard's Atlantic hagfish)
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Myxine martinii''
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Myxine mccoskeri''
Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (McCosker's hagfish)
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Myxine mcmillanae''
Hensley, 1991 (Caribbean hagfish)
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Myxine paucidens''
Regan, 1913 (Hyalonema hagfish)
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Myxine pequenoi
''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 melan ...
''
Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Chilean hagfish)
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Myxine phantasma
''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 mela ...
''
*''
Myxine robinsora''
Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Wisner's Caribbean hagfish)
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Myxine sotoi''
Mincarone, 2001 (Brazilian hagfish)
References
Myxinidae
Jawless fish genera
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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