Myxine

Myxine

Atlantic Hagfish (Myxine glutinosa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Myxini,cyclostomata
Order:	Myxiniformes,myxinoidea
Family:	Myxinidae
Genus:	Myxine Linnaeus, 1758
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Myxene (sic) Swainson 1838 Gasterobranchus Suckow 1799 Gastrobanchus (sic) Latreille 1804 Muraenoblenna Lacepede 1803 non Kaup 1856 Murenoblennius (sic) Dumeril 1805 Murenoblenna (sic) Rafinesque 1815 Myraenoblenna (sic) Agassiz 1846 Anopsus Rafinesque 1815 Anopsis Agassiz 1846

Southern hagfish (Myxine australis) mid-19th century drawing by Günther

Myxine is a genus of hagfish.^[1]

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
Myxine dorsum Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995
Myxine fernholmi Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995
Myxine formosana H. K. Mok & C. H. Kuo, 2001
Myxine garmani D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901
Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758 (Atlantic hagfish)
Myxine hubbsi Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995
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)
Myxine kuoi H. K. Mok, 2002
Myxine limosa Girard, 1859
Myxine mccoskeri Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995
Myxine mcmillanae Hensley, 1991
Myxine paucidens Regan, 1913
Myxine pequenoi Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995
Myxine robinsorum Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995
Myxine sotoi Mincarone, 2001

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