Myxine
sotoi
Mincarone, 2001
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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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52.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 40869) |
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Environment: |
bathydemersal; non-migratory; marine; depth range 690 – 810 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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Southwest Atlantic: Brazil.
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Morphology:
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Color of live specimens pinkish red with whitish head anterior to first slime pore; whitish middorsal stripe extending from caudal finfold to about over gill apertures. Six pairs of gill pouches; a 2-cusp multicusp on both anterior and posterior sets of cusps, total cusps 38-44. Pores: prebranchial 28-38; trunk 61-73; tail 11-13; total 101-119. Ventral finfold 4-6 mm high.
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Biology: |
Of 30 specimens, 26 were females, 3 males, 1 hermaphrodite. Four females had large eggs about 20 x 6 mm, but none of the eggs with encapsulated anchor filaments. The species lives on the continental slope.
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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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