Myxine limosa | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
Class: | Myxini |
Order: | Myxiniformes |
Family: | Myxinidae |
Genus: | Myxine |
Species: | M. limosa
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Binomial name | |
Myxine limosa Girard, 1859
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Myxine limosa, or Girard's Atlantic hagfish, is a jawless fish in the genus Myxine. [1] [2]
The eellike species grows up to 79 centimetres (31 in) long. The color ranges from reddish brown to dark purple. There are no visible eyes. The mouth is surrounded by 6 barbels, and there are 5 or 6 gill pouches on either side, with one exterior connection. [3]
Myxine glutinosa is grayish pink and grows up to 43 cm (17 in) long. North American Eptatretus hagfishes have 5–14 gill pouches, which open independently to the exterior. [3] Petromyzon marinus has 7 pairs of gill pouches, one top nostril, and small visible eyes. [3]
The species was described by Charles Frédéric Girard, a French zoologist, in 1859. [4]
It occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean, from Baffin Island, Canada, south to North Carolina, at depths of 30–960 metres (98–3,150 ft), sometimes venturing into 30-m-shallow water. [3]
Myxine limosa | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
Class: | Myxini |
Order: | Myxiniformes |
Family: | Myxinidae |
Genus: | Myxine |
Species: | M. limosa
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Binomial name | |
Myxine limosa Girard, 1859
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Myxine limosa, or Girard's Atlantic hagfish, is a jawless fish in the genus Myxine. [1] [2]
The eellike species grows up to 79 centimetres (31 in) long. The color ranges from reddish brown to dark purple. There are no visible eyes. The mouth is surrounded by 6 barbels, and there are 5 or 6 gill pouches on either side, with one exterior connection. [3]
Myxine glutinosa is grayish pink and grows up to 43 cm (17 in) long. North American Eptatretus hagfishes have 5–14 gill pouches, which open independently to the exterior. [3] Petromyzon marinus has 7 pairs of gill pouches, one top nostril, and small visible eyes. [3]
The species was described by Charles Frédéric Girard, a French zoologist, in 1859. [4]
It occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean, from Baffin Island, Canada, south to North Carolina, at depths of 30–960 metres (98–3,150 ft), sometimes venturing into 30-m-shallow water. [3]