Myxine

Myxine /mɪkˈsaɪniː/ is a genus of hagfish, from the Greek μυξῖνος (myxinos, "slimy"). It is the type genus of the class Myxini.^[3]

Myxine
Atlantic Hagfish (Myxine glutinosa)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Myxini
Order:	Myxiniformes
Family:	Myxinidae
Subfamily:	Myxininae
Genus:	Myxine Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1][2]
Gastrobranchus Bloch, 1791 Muraenoblenna Lacepede, 1803 non Kaup, 1856 Anopsus Rafinesque, 1815

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

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.^[4]

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 Mincarone, Plachetzki, McCord, Winegard, Fernholm, Gonzalez & Fudge, 2021
• Myxine hubbsi Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Hubbs' hagfish)
• 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) (Knapp's hagfish)
• Myxine kuoi H. K. Mok, 2002 (Kuo's hagfish)
• Myxine limosa Girard, 1859 (Girard's Atlantic hagfish)
• Myxine martinii Mincarone, Plachetzki, McCord, Winegard, Fernholm, Gonzalez & Fudge, 2021
• Myxine mccoskeri Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (McCosker's hagfish)
• Myxine mcmillanae Hensley, 1991 (Caribbean hagfish)
• Myxine paucidens Regan, 1913 (Hyalonema hagfish)
• Myxine pequenoi Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Chilean hagfish)
• Myxine phantasma Mincarone, Plachetzki, McCord, Winegard, Fernholm, Gonzalez & Fudge, 2021 (ghost hagfish)
• Myxine robinsora Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Wisner's Caribbean hagfish)
• Myxine sotoi Mincarone, 2001 (Brazilian hagfish)

References

1. Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
2. Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Petromyzontidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
3. Genus Myxine
4. Mincarone, M M; Plachetzki, D; McCord, C L; Winegard, T M; Fernholm, B; Gonzalez, C J; Fudge, D S (2021). "Review of the hagfishes (Myxinidae) from the Galapagos Islands, with descriptions of four new species and their phylogenetic relationships". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 192 (2): 453–474. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa178. ISSN 0024-4082.