''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 ...

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) * '' Myxine australis'' Jenyns, 1842 (southern hagfish) * ''

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 The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ...

, 1913 (Cape hagfish) * ''

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 ...

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, 1899 (whiteface hagfish) * ''

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) * '' Myxine fernholmi'' Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Falkland Islands hagfish) * ''

Myxine formosana ''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 & C. H. Kuo, 2001 (Formosa hagfish) * ''

Myxine garmani ''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 ...

'' D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901 (Garman's hagfish) * ''

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) *''

Myxine greggi ''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 ...

'' * ''

Myxine hubbsi ''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 (Hubbs' hagfish) * ''

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 melan ...

'' Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 * '' Myxine ios'' Fernholm, 1981 (white-headed hagfish) * '' Myxine jespersenae'' Møller, Feld, I. H. Poulsen,

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& Thormar, 2005 (Jespersen's hagfish) * ''

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) * ''

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) * '' Myxine limosa'' Girard, 1859 (Girard's Atlantic hagfish) *'' Myxine martinii'' *'' Myxine mccoskeri'' Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (McCosker's hagfish) * '' Myxine mcmillanae'' Hensley, 1991 (Caribbean hagfish) * '' Myxine paucidens'' Regan, 1913 (Hyalonema hagfish) * ''

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) *''

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) * '' Myxine sotoi'' Mincarone, 2001 (Brazilian hagfish)

References

Myxinidae Jawless fish genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{jawless-fish-stub