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Myxine limosa  Girard, 1859

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Myxini (hagfishes) > Myxiniformes (Hagfishes) > Myxinidae (Hagfishes) > Myxininae
Etymology: Myxine: Greek, myxinos, word used by Linne, slime fish (1846) (Ref. 45335).   More on author: Girard.

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This species is synonym of Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758 in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. May 2011: Ref. 86870) following Mecklenburg et al. (2011: Ref. 86838). Please send references, or more studies are needed.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 75 - 1006 m (Ref. 31699).   Deep-water

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 51.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 31699)

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Western Atlantic: Davis Strait; south to Florida; including Campeche Bank, Gulf of Mexico.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Wisner, R.L. and C.B. McMillan, 1995. Review of new world hagfishes of the genus Myxine (Agnatha, Myxinidae) with descriptions of nine new species. Fish. Bull. 93(3):530-550.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 90363)

  Not Evaluated 

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates of some properties based on empirical models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00191 (-0.17411 - 0.17793), b=2.93791 (2.83678 - 3.03903), based on LWR estimates for this family-BS (Ref. 93245).
Trophic Level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.7 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 69278):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be <100).
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100) .
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.