Myxine glutinosa Hagfish

Myxine glutinosa is commonly referred to as Hagfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Niet geschikt voor huiskameraquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Myxine glutinosa
German:: Nordatlantischer Schleimaal
English:: Hagfish

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Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Myxini (Class) > Myxiniformes (Order) > Myxinidae (Family) > Myxine (Genus) > glutinosa (Species)
Initial determination:: Linnaeus, 1758

Occurrence:: Straße von Gibraltar, the Black Sea, Algeria, European Coasts, Greenland, Iceland, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Isle of Man, USA
Sea depth:: 20 - 1200 Meter
Size:: 11.81" - 31.5" (30cm - 80cm)
Temperature:: 33.8 °F - 50.36 °F (1°C - 10.2°C)
Food:: Carrion, Crabs, Schrimps, Snails, Worms
Difficulty:: Niet geschikt voor huiskameraquaria!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Myxine affinis
Myxine australis
Myxine capensis
Myxine circifrons
Myxine debueni
Myxine dorsum
Myxine fernholmi
Myxine formosana
Myxine garmani
Myxine glutinosa
Nordatlantischer Schleimaal
Myxine hubbsi
Myxine hubbsoides
Myxine ios
Myxine jespersenae
Myxine knappi
Myxine kuoi
Myxine limosa
Myxine mccoskeri
Myxine mcmillanae
Myxine paucidens
Myxine pequenoi
Myxine robinsorum
Myxine sotoi

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-01-28 09:38:51
Last edit:: 2018-03-22 15:59:48

Info

Linnaeus, 1758

Found on muddy bottoms where they hide in the mud. Slime is used for defense.
Feeds chiefly on dead and dying fish of varying species by boring into the body and consuming viscera and musculature.
Chiefly nocturnal.
Its eggs are few in number about 19-30 and large (20-25 mm), the horny shell has a cluster of anchor-tipped filaments at each end.

Synonyms:
Gasterobranchus glutinosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastrobranchus coecus Bloch, 1795
Myxine glutinosa australis Putnam, 1874
Myxine glutinosa limosa Putnam, 1874
Myxine glutinosa septentrionalis Putnam, 1874

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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