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.

Class: Hagfishes
Order: Hagfishes
Family: Myxinidae
Genus: Myxine
Maximum length: 57 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: southwest off Ireland and Iceland, off Western Sahara.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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