''Myxine'' is a

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hagfish Hagfish, of the Class (biology), class Myxini (also known as Hyperotreti) and Order (biology), order Myxiniformes , are eel-shaped Agnatha, jawless fish (occasionally called slime eels). Hagfish are the only known living Animal, animals that h ...

, from the Greek μυξῖνος (''myxinos'', "slimy"). It is the

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of the class Myxini. 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'' 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 (Fernholm's hagfish) * '' Myxine formosana'' H. K. Mok & C. H. Kuo, 2001 (Formosa hagfish) * ''

Myxine garmani ''Myxine'' is a genus of hagfish, from the Greek μυξῖνος (''myxinos'', "slimy"). It is the type genus of the class Myxini. In 2021, three new species of ''Myxine'' were described from the Galápagos including '' M. phantasma'', the on ...

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

Myxine glutinosa ''Myxine glutinosa'', also known as the Atlantic hagfish, is a type of Agnatha, jawless fish belonging to the class Myxini. Description The Atlantic hagfish may grow up to long, with no eyes and no jaws; its star-shaped mouth is surrounded by ...

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...

(Atlantic hagfish) *''

Myxine greggi ''Myxine'' is a genus of hagfish, from the Greek μυξῖνος (''myxinos'', "slimy"). It is the type genus of the class Myxini. In 2021, three new species of ''Myxine'' were described from the Galápagos Islands, Galápagos including ''Myxi ...

'' (Gregg's hagfish) * ''

Myxine hubbsi ''Myxine'' is a genus of hagfish, from the Greek μυξῖνος (''myxinos'', "slimy"). It is the type genus of the class Myxini. In 2021, three new species of ''Myxine'' were described from the Galápagos including '' M. phantasma'', the on ...

'' Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Hubbs' hagfish) * ''

Myxine hubbsoides ''Myxine'' is a genus of hagfish, from the Greek μυξῖνος (''myxinos'', "slimy"). It is the type genus of the class Myxini. In 2021, three new species of ''Myxine'' were described from the Galápagos including '' M. phantasma'', the on ...

'' Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 * ''

Myxine ios The white-headed hagfish (''Myxine ios'') is a species of Agnatha, jawless fish of the family Myxinidae (hagfish). Its scientific name alludes to the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (IOS), Wormley, Surrey, which supplied the holotype. Distr ...

'' Fernholm, 1981 (white-headed hagfish) * '' Myxine jespersenae''

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& 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'' (Martini's hagfish) *'' 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 ''Myxine'' is a genus of hagfish, from the Greek μυξῖνος (''myxinos'', "slimy"). It is the type genus of the class Myxini. In 2021, three new species of ''Myxine'' were described from the Galápagos including '' M. phantasma'', the on ...

'' (ghost hagfish) *'' 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