Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Rubicundus lakeside
Mixinos, Hagfishes
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Myxini
Order
Myxiniformes
Family
Myxinidae
Genus
Rubicundus
Species
lakeside
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Eptatretus lakeside Mincarone & McCosker, 2004 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Endemic
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- 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
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"Galapagos Species Database, Rubicundus lakeside", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24697. Accessed 31 October 2026.