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Girard's hagfish (Myxine limosa)
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Girard's hagfish (Myxine limosa) specimen
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Myxinidae

Girard's hagfish

Myxine limosa

First it thrashes down then concertinas through the substrate

  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • North America
  • Anguilliform
  • Large

Myxine limosa, also called Girard's Atlantic hagfish, is a jawless fish in the genus Myxine.

Family
Myxinidae
Genus
Myxine
Maximum length
51 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Davis Strait; south to Florida; including Campeche Bank, Gulf of Mexico.

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