Myxine
paucidens
Regan, 1913
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Family:
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Myxinidae
(Hagfishes), subfamily: Myxininae
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Order:
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Myxiniformes
(hagfishes)
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Class:
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Myxini (hagfishes)
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In this site name:
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Max. size:
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30.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 31276) |
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Environment: |
bathydemersal; non-migratory; marine; depth range 630 – 1000 m
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Climate: |
deep-water |
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Importance:
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Resilience: |
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be <100) |
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Distribution:
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Northwest Pacific: known only from the Sagaminada Sea, Japan.
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Morphology:
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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).
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Biology: |
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Red List Status: |
Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073)
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Dangerous:
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harmless
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