Myxine is a genus of hagfish, from the Greek üÃÂ
þá¿Âýÿà(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 only species of Myxine to not have melanin-based pigments.
Species
- Myxine affinis <small>Günther, 1870</small> (Patagonian hagfish)
- Myxine australis <small>Jenyns, 1842</small> (southern hagfish)
- Myxine capensis <small>Regan, 1913</small> (Cape hagfish)
- Myxine circifrons <small>Garman, 1899</small> (whiteface hagfish)
- Myxine debueni <small>Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995</small> (Magellan hagfish)
- Myxine fernholmi <small>Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995</small> (Fernholm's hagfish)
- Myxine floyd <small>Mincarone, Kurtz, Di Dario & Gonçalves, 2026</small>
- Myxine formosana <small>H. K. Mok & C. H. Kuo, 2001</small> (Formosa hagfish)
- Myxine garmani <small>D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901</small> (Garman's hagfish)
- Myxine glutinosa <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (Atlantic hagfish)
- Myxine greggi (Gregg's hagfish)
- Myxine hubbsi <small>Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995</small> (Hubbs' hagfish)
- Myxine hubbsoides <small>Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995</small>
- Myxine ios <small>Fernholm, 1981</small> (white-headed hagfish)
- Myxine jespersenae <small>Møller, Feld, I. H. Poulsen, Thomsen & Thormar, 2005</small> (Jespersen's hagfish)
- Myxine knappi <small>Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995</small> (Knapp's hagfish)
- Myxine kuoi <small>H. K. Mok, 2002</small> (Kuo's hagfish)
- Myxine limosa <small>Girard, 1859</small> (Girard's Atlantic hagfish)
- Myxine martinii (Martini's hagfish)
- Myxine mccoskeri <small>Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995</small> (McCosker's hagfish)
- Myxine mcmillanae <small>Hensley, 1991</small> (Caribbean hagfish)
- Myxine paucidens <small>Regan, 1913</small> (Hyalonema hagfish)
- Myxine pequenoi <small>Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995</small> (Chilean hagfish)
- Myxine phantasma (ghost hagfish)
- Myxine robinsora <small>Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995</small> (Wisner's Caribbean hagfish)
- Myxine sotoi <small>Mincarone, 2001</small> (Brazilian hagfish)
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