Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Agnatha > Class Myxini > Order Myxiniformes > Family Myxinidae > Subfamily Myxininae > Genus Myxine

Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Myxine*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): slimål sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Breton: suzon sources: Cabioch, L. (2008). Personal communication

Danish: slimål sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: slijmprik sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: Atlantic hagfish; hagfish sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37

English-United States: Hagfish sources: Charles Hussey

French: myxine; myxine du nord sources: Quéro J.C., 1984 - Les poissons de mer des pêches françaises - J. Grancher ed, 394 p;Nozères C., Archambault D., Chouinard P.-M., Gauthier J., Miller R., Parent E., Schwab P., Savard L., and Dutil J.-D. 2010. Identification guide for marine fishes of the estuary and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence and sampling protocols used during trawl surveys between 2004 and 2008. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2866: xi + 243 p

Norwegian: slimål sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: slimål

Norwegian Nynorsk: slimål

Nynorsk (Norwegian): slimål sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: pirål sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: safngrwn

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces - Agnatha, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 358
additional source	Bigelow, H.B. and W.C. Schroeder. 1953. Sawfishes, guitarfishes, skates and rays, and chimaeroids. In Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Memoir Sears Foundation for Marine Research 1(2). Yale University, New Haven. 588 p.
additional source	Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (114 nucleotides; 149 proteins)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (562 publications)
FishBase
Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101170