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Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758

Atlantic hagfish
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Gibraltar country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gi.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fernholm, B. and V.D. Vlaykov, 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Hagfish, Myxine, Pez moco, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Myxini (hagfishes) > Myxiniformes (Hagfishes) > Myxinidae (Hagfishes) > Myxininae
Etymology: Myxine: Ancient Greek word for a slimy fish: myxa, slime; -inus, one who, referring to copious amounts of slime produced by M. glutinosa. (See ETYFish);  glutinosa: Latin for viscous or sticky, referring to its seeming ability to turn water into slime. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; non-migratory; depth range 20 - 1200 m (Ref. 117245), usually 27 - 460 m (Ref. 119696).   Boreal; 2°C - 13°C (Ref. 119696); 72°N - 24°N, 89°W - 41°E

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