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

References

1. Genus Myxine