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Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758

Atlantic hagfish
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Common names: Atlantic hagfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Mecklenburg, C.W., A. Lynghammar, E. Johannesen, I. Byrkjedal, J.S. Christiansen, A.V. Dolgov, O.V. Karamushko, T.A. Mecklenburg, P.R. Møller, D. Steinke and P.R. Wienerroither, 2018
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Cape Fear, North Carolina to Labrador and Baffin Island (Ref. 119696). Found in New England (Ref. 40643).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Hagfish, Myxine, Pez moco, ... more

Classification / Names ຊື່ສາມັນ | ຄຳສັບຄ້າຍຄືກັນ | Catalog of Fishes(ຕະກຸນ, ຊະນິດ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

ກຸ່ມປາທະເລຊະນິດໜຶ່ງທີ່ມີລຳຕົວຍາວຄືອ່ຽນ ແລະບໍ່ມີກະດູກຄາງກະໄຕປາກແຕ່ຈະມີກຸ່ມແຂ້ວເປັນແຜ່ນອ້ອມຮອບປາກ (ຕົວຢ່າງປາ ແຮກຟິດ) (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 ນິເວດວິທະຍາ

ສັດທະເລ ກ່ຽວກັບ(ຢູ່)ຊັ້ນນ້ຳໃນທະເລທີ່ເໜີອພື້ນດິນ; ບໍ່ມີການເຄື່ອນຍ້າຍ; ລະດັບຄວາມເລິກ 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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