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Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758

Description

Jawless mouth, single nasal aperture, only a single pair of external gill openings, no operculum or covering fold of skin. Grayish or reddish brown above, either plain. Variations in color correspond to the color of the sea bottom.

Common Names

  • \u0633\u0645\u0643\u0629 \u0639\u062c\u064f\u0648\u0632 \u062e\u0628\u064a\u062b\u0629
  • Sliznatka
  • Almindelig slim\u00e5l
  • Slim\u00e5l
  • Atlantic hagfish
  • Atlantic hagfish
  • Borer
  • Common hag
  • Hag-fish
  • Hagfish
  • Northern hagfish
  • Slime eel
  • Harilik pihklane
  • Limapihklane
  • \u00c1llur
  • Ormur
  • Sl\u00edm\u00e1llur
  • Sl\u00edm\u00e1lur
  • S\u00fag\u00e1llur
  • S\u00fag\u00e1lur
  • Limanahkiaiset
  • Loisankerias
  • Myxine
  • Myxine
  • Myxine du nord
  • Myxine du nord
  • Blindinger
  • Inger
  • Myxine
  • Nordatlantischer Inger
  • Mixinopsaro
  • \u039c\u03c5\u03be\u03b9\u03bd\u03cc\u03c8\u03b1\u03c1\u03bf
  • Ivik
  • Kopaluk
  • Missine
  • \u5927\u897f\u6d0b\u76f2\u9c3b
  • \u5927\u897f\u6d0b\u76f2\u9cd7
  • \u5927\u897f\u6d0b\u76f2\u9cd7
  • Slim\u00e5l
  • Sluzica
  • Enguia de casulo
  • Atlanticheskaya miksina
  • Miksina
  • Obyknovennaya
  • \u0435\u0432\u0440\u043e\u043f\u0435\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u043c\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0438\u043d\u0430
  • \u043c\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0430\u0442\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f
  • Sljepulja
  • Sljepulja
  • Sljepulja
  • Anguila babosa
  • Babosa de mar
  • Pez moco
  • Pir\u00e5l
  • Pir\u00e5len
  • Safngrwn

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Myxini

    Order: Myxiniformes

    Family: Myxinidae

    Genus: Myxine

    Species: Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758

    Climate Zone

  • Boreal

    • Biology

    Benthic with reported depths to 782 off Greenland; 960 m in Northwestern Atlantic; and 1,100 m off Norway (Ref. 119696). Found on muddy bottoms where they hide in the mud. Slime is used for defense. Feeds chiefly on dead and dying fish of varying species by boring into the body and consuming viscera and musculature. Chiefly nocturnal. Its eggs are few in number about 19-30 and large (20-25 mm), the horny shell has a cluster of anchor-tipped filaments at each end.

    Habitat

    bathydemersal

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless

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    Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758