''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 n ...

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 amin ...

-based pigments.

Species

* '' Myxine affinis'' Günther, 1870 (Patagonian hagfish) * ''

Myxine australis The southern hagfish (''Myxine australis'') is a hagfish of the genus ''Myxine''. Description It is a harmless scaleless, eel-like animal with a pinkish body, a whitish head and a whitish mid dorsal stripe. The size of captured specimens ranges ...

'' 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 melan ...

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'' 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 ''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, t ...

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 zoological ...

(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 ...

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

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

Myxine jespersenae ''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 ...

Møller Møller is a Danish surname, referring to an occupation as a Miller, equivalent of the Scottish/English '' Miller'', the German ''Müller'' etc. Møller is the twentieth commonest surname in Denmark.Feld Feld is a surname of German origin. The name means "field" in English. * Feld Entertainment, entertainment company formed by Israel and Irvin Feld People * A. Spencer Feld (1891–1987), New York politician * Bernard T. Feld (1919–1993), Americ ...

, I. H. Poulsen,

Thomsen __NOTOC__ Thomsen is a Danish patronymic surname meaning "son of Tom (or Thomas)", itself derived from the Aramaic תום or ''Tôm'', meaning "twin". There are many varied surname spellings, with the first historical record believed to be found ...

& 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 melan ...

'' H. K. Mok, 2002 (Kuo's hagfish) * ''

Myxine limosa ''Myxine limosa'', or Girard's Atlantic hagfish, is a jawless fish in the genus ''Myxine''. Description The eellike species grows up to long. The color ranges from reddish brown to dark purple. There are no visible eyes. The mouth is surround ...

'' Girard, 1859 (Girard's Atlantic hagfish) *''

Myxine martinii ''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 ...

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Myxine mccoskeri ''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 (McCosker's hagfish) * ''

Myxine mcmillanae ''Myxine mcmillanae'', the Caribbean hagfish, is a species of hagfish. It is a scaleless, eel-like fish found in Caribbean waters that feeds off material from the surface that drifts down. It is rarely seen as it lives in very deep water from 2, ...

'' Hensley, 1991 (Caribbean hagfish) * ''

Myxine paucidens ''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 ...

'' 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 ''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 (Wisner's Caribbean hagfish) * ''

Myxine sotoi ''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 ...

'' Mincarone, 2001 (Brazilian hagfish)

References

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