Biology:Myxine fernholmi

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Short description: Species of jawless fish

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

Myxine fernholmi (Myxine: Ancient Greek word for slimy fish), also known as Fernholm's hagfish, is a species of jawless fish in the family Myxinidae. It is named after Swedish ichthyologist Bo Fernholm.[2][3]

Details

It is found around the Falkland Islands and the Burdwood Bank, with a single specimen also known from central Chile , off the coast of San Antonio. Although only 4 specimens have been caught, high densities of hagfish that are assumed to be this species have been recorded at depths of 900–1,750 metres (2,950–5,740 ft) on surveys of the scavenging fauna of the Patagonian Shelf. As it lives beyond the depth of major fishing trawlers in the region and there are no known direct threats to it, it is considered Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.[1]

The complete mitogenome of this species was analyzed for the first time in 2019.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4737443 entry