Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Myxine greggi
Pez bruja o hiperotreto, Hagfishes
Hagfishes are an ancient group of benthic marine craniates that are found in deep or cold waters around the world
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Myxini
Order
Myxiniformes
Family
Myxinidae
Genus
Myxine
Species
greggi
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: SIO 19-82.
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Galapagos Islands: Santa Cruz
- Mincarone, M.M. D Plachetzki, C L McCord, T M Winegard, B Fernholm, C J Gonzalez, D S Fudge (2021) Review of the hagfishes (Myxinidae) from the Galapagos Islands, with descriptions of four new species and their phylogenetic relationships Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlaa178
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Grove, J.S. Long, D.J., Robertson, D.R. & Victor, B.C. (2022) List of Fishes of the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 39, 14–22.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. Https://www.iucnredlist.org
- IUCN (2024) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2024-1. Https://www.iucnredlist.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Myxine greggi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18972. Accessed 19 May 2025.