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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); floyd: Name 'floyd' in honor of the iconic rock band Pink Floyd, whose craft influenced generations
of musicians and listeners, including the authors of this paper. A noun in apposition.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino batidemersale; distribuzione batimetrica 460 - 750 m (Ref. 138715). Tropical
Southwest Atlantic: Brazil.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.1 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 138715)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: five pairs of gill pouches; 3/2 multicusp teeth pattern [three cusps fused on the anterior (outer) sets and two cusps fused on the posterior (inner) sets of cusps]; two bilaterally symmetrical nasal-sinus papillae in the dorsal surface of the nasal sinus; anterior unicusps (8-9), posterior unicusps (8-10), total cusps (43-48); caudal pores (9-13); body pinkish brown without white head and dorsal band; margin of caudal finfold dark brown; prebranchial pores 23-36 (average 27.0); and total number of cusps 43-48 (average 44.8) (Ref. 138715).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like; Cross section: circular.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Mincarone, M.M., Y.R. Kurtz, F.D. Dario and P.R. Gonçalves, 2026. A new five-gilled species of Myxine (Myxinidae) from the western South Atlantic sheds light on the phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of the genus. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 206(3). (Ref. 138715)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: di nessun interesse
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00115 (0.00044 - 0.00300), b=3.03 (2.80 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio. 69278) |
3.3 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179) |
Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (19 of 100). 🛈 |