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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.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 460 - 750 m (Ref. 138715). Tropical
Southwest Atlantic: Brazil.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.1 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 138715)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
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 vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 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). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.3 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (19 of 100). 🛈 |