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Class: Myxini
Order: Myxiniformes
Family: Myxinidae Hagfishes
Subfamily: Myxininae
Genus: Myxine

(See list of species below)


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26 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Myxine affinis Patagonian hagfish Southwest Atlantic 65.9 TL 1870
Myxine australis Southern Ocean 60 TL 1842
Myxine capensis Cape hagfish Southeast Atlantic 40 TL 1913
Myxine circifrons Whiteface hagfish Eastern Pacific 65 TL 1899
Myxine debueni Southeast Pacific 57 TL 1995
Myxine dorsum Southwest Atlantic 49 TL 1995
Myxine fernholmi Southeast Pacific and Sou 84.6 TL 1995
Myxine formosana Western Pacific 76.8 TL 2001
Myxine garmani Northwest Pacific 54 TL 1901
Myxine glutinosa Atlantic hagfish North Atlantic 95 TL 1758
Myxine greggi Gregg's hagfish Southeast Pacific 51.5 TL 2021
Myxine hubbsi Southeast Pacific 52.2 TL 1995
Myxine hubbsoides Southeast Pacific 82.6 TL 1995
Myxine ios White-headed hagfish Eastern Atlantic 57 TL 1981
Myxine jespersenae Jespersen's hagfish North Atlantic 49.8 TL 2005
Myxine knappi Southwest Atlantic 56.5 TL 1995
Myxine kuoi Northwest Pacific 41 TL 2002
Myxine limosa Western Atlantic 51 TL 1859
Myxine martinii Martini's hagfish Southeast Pacific 38.1 TL 2021
Myxine mccoskeri Western Central Atlantic 28.6 TL 1995
Myxine mcmillanae Western Central Atlantic 47 TL 1991
Myxine paucidens Northwest Pacific 30.5 TL 1913
Myxine pequenoi Southeast Pacific 18.3 TL 1995
Myxine phantasma Ghost hagfish Southeast Pacific 51 TL 2021
Myxine robinsorum Western Central Atlantic 54 TL 1995
Myxine sotoi Southwest Atlantic 52 TL 2001



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