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Myxinidae

Hyalonema Hagfish

Myxine paucidens

Endangered and buried in Sagami mud

Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Anguilliform
Medium

Hyalonema Hagfish is a marine fish of ocean habitats. Its source record singles out this identifying detail: Endangered and buried in Sagami mud.

Class: Hagfishes
Order: Hagfishes
Family: Myxinidae
Genus: Myxine
Maximum length: 30.5 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: known only from the Sagaminada Sea, Japan.

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