Species details : Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758

Accepted scientific name:
Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Myxine glutinosa  Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms:
Gasterobranchus glutinosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Gasterobranchus glutinosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastrobranchus coecus Bloch, 1791 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Gastrobranchus coecus Bloch, 1791
Myxine glutinosa australis Putnam, 1874 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Myxine glutinosa australis Putnam, 1874
Myxine glutinosa limosa Putnam, 1874 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Myxine glutinosa limosa Putnam, 1874
Myxine glutinosa septentrionalis Putnam, 1874 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Myxine glutinosa septentrionalis Putnam, 1874
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
سمكة عجُوز خبيثة - Arabic - Click here to show the literature
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Sliznatka - Czech - Click here to show the literature
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Almindelig slimål - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Slimål - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Atlantic hagfish - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Borer - English Ireland Click here to show the literature
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Common hag - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Hag-fish - English Isle of Man Click here to show the literature
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Hagfish - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Northern hagfish - English Canada Click here to show the literature
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Állur - Faroese - Click here to show the literature
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Ormur - Faroese - Click here to show the literature
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Slímállur - Faroese - Click here to show the literature
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Slímálur - Faroese - Click here to show the literature
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Súgállur - Faroese - Click here to show the literature
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Súgálur - Faroese - Click here to show the literature
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Limanahkiaiset - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Loisankerias - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Myxine - French France Click here to show the literature
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Myxine du nord - French Canada Click here to show the literature
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Blindinger - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Inger - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Myxine - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Nordatlantischer Inger - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Ivik - Inuktitut Greenland Click here to show the literature
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Kopaluk - Inuktitut Canada(Alaska, Arctic Canada) Click here to show the literature
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Missine - Italian Italy Click here to show the literature
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大西洋盲鰻 Da si yang mang man Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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大西洋盲鳗 - Mandarin Chinese - Click here to show the literature
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大西洋盲鳗 Da xi yang mang man Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Mixinopsaro - Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Μυξινόψαρο Myxinopsaro Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Slimål - Norwegian Norway Click here to show the literature
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Sluzica - Polish Poland Click here to show the literature
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Enguia de casulo - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Miksina - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Obyknovennaya - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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миксина атлантическая - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Sljepulja - Slovenian Slovenia Click here to show the literature
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Anguila babosa - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Babosa de mar - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Pez moco - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Pirål - Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Myxini FishBase
Order Myxiniformes FishBase
Family Myxinidae FishBase
Genus Myxine FishBase
Distribution: North Atlantic: Murmansk to the Mediterranean Sea; Greenland to USA. Absent in eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. Only hagfish in the Northeast Atlantic.
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=2513
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fc45b882-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401