Myxinidae

Argentine Hagfish

Notomyxine tridentiger

Three front cusps unite into a single tooth fork

• Temperate
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• South America
• Anguilliform
• Large
• Temperate fish

Notomyxine is a monospecific genus of hagfish that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the southern coasts of South America. The only member of the genus is Notomyxine tridentiger. It can be found in the temperate waters of the Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic, as well as the southern coasts of South America.