Description

Diagnosis: Six pairs of gill pouches; the last gill aperture not confluent with to pharyngocutaneous duct; ventral finfold well developed; fused cusps 2/2, anterior (outer) unicusps 4-4, posterior (inner) unicusps 5-5, total cusps 26; total slime pores 92=93 (Ref. 51420).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Myxini

Order: Myxiniformes

Family: Myxinidae

Genus: Myxine

Species: Myxine paucidens Regan, 1913

Climate Zone

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Endangered

Threat to Humans

Harmless