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Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
Myxinidae | Myxine glutinosa | Linnaeus | 1758 | Atlantic Hagfish |
Myxine glutinosa
Unique Characters: Moderate-sized to large, very elongate with eel-shaped body. Eye reduced. Mouth with laterally biting horny teeth; no jaws. Anterior single nostril surrounded by 4 tentacles. No operculum. Two ventrolateral rows of slime glands. No paired fins; median fins without rays. No scales. Skeleton cartilaginous.
Similar Species: None.
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