Myxinidae

White-headed hagfish

Myxine ios

Up to fifty one tooth cusps crowd its mouth

• White
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Europe
• Anguilliform
• Large

The white-headed hagfish (Myxine ios) is a species of jawless fish of the family Myxinidae (hagfish). Its scientific name alludes to the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (IOS), Wormley, Surrey, which supplied the holotype.