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Garman's Hagfish (Myxine garmani)
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Garman's Hagfish (Myxine garmani) specimen
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Myxinidae

Garman's Hagfish

Myxine garmani

The largest chromosome pair disappears from somatic cells

  • Purple
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Anguilliform
  • Large

Garman's Hagfish is known around Northwest Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 54 cm.

Family
Myxinidae
Genus
Myxine
Maximum length
54 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Northwest Pacific: Japan.
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

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