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Myxine affinis Günther, 1870

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1870. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Volume 8. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, Ganoidei, Chondropterygii, Cyclostomata, Leptocardii, in the collection of the British Museum. Taylor & Francis, London. Vol. 8: i-xxv, 1-549.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Myxini
order
Myxiniformes
family
Myxinidae
genus
Myxine
species
Myxine affinis

Name

Synonyms
Muraenoblenna olivacea Lacepède, 1803
Homonyms
Myxine affinis Günther, 1870
Common names
Anguila babosa, lamprea de mar, babosa de mar in language.
Babosa in Spanish
Hagfish in English
Lõunaameerika pihklane in Estonian
Patagonian hagfish in language.
Patagonian hagfish in English
Patagonisk slimål in Danish
Patagonian Hagfish in English
Anguila in Spanish
Anguila Babosa in Spanish
Babosa in Spanish
Babosa de Mar in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Fowler 1941, Fowler 1951, Mann 1954, Wisner & McMillan 1995, Wisner 1999, Mincarone 2007, Cavalcanti & Gallo 2008, Daza et al. 2011, Pérez-Cuesta et al. 2017.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023).
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