Myxinidae

Cape hagfish

Myxine capensis

Seven gill pouches share two common outlets

• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Anguilliform
• Medium

Myxine capensis, the Cape hagfish, is a species of jawless fish in the family Myxinidae. It inhabits muddy bottoms on the continental shelf off the coast of southern Africa, from southern Namibia, along the coast of South Africa, east to southern Mozambique. Despite heavy fishing pressure in its range, no major population declines have been reported, so it is considered a species of Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.