''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

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-based pigments.

Species

* '' Myxine affinis'' Günther, 1870 (Patagonian hagfish) * '' Myxine australis'' Jenyns, 1842 (southern hagfish) * '' Myxine capensis''

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, 1913 (Cape hagfish) * '' Myxine circifrons''

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, 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) * ''

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'' Linnaeus,

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(Atlantic hagfish) *'' Myxine greggi'' * '' Myxine hubbsi'' Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Hubbs' hagfish) * ''

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

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, I. H. Poulsen, Thomsen & Thormar, 2005 (Jespersen's hagfish) * '' Myxine knappi'' 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 mel ...

'' 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 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