Biology:Myxine debueni

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Short description: Species of fish

Magellan hagfish
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: Myxini
Order: Myxiniformes
Family: Myxinidae
Genus: Myxine
Species:
M. debueni
Binomial name
Myxine debueni
Wisner & McMillan, 1995

Myxine debueni, the Magellan hagfish, is a species of jawless fish in the family Myxinidae.[2][3]

It is found off the coast of southernmost Chile , where it is known only from two specimens collected near Dawson Island in the Strait of Magellan prior to 1970. It may be threatened by shipping, dredging, and fishing activities, but very little is known about the species due to the lack of surveys.[1]

It is named in honor of Spanish ichthyologist Fernando de Buen y Lozano.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4726963 entry