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Atlantic Hagfish

Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus 1758

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus 1758
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus 1758
Gasterobranchus glutinosus
Recognized by BHL data coverage
Myxine glutinosa
Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus 1758
Recognized by Fishbase

Alternative Names

Gasterobranchus glutinosus (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Gastrobranchus coecus Bloch 1791
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Gasterobranchus glutinosus (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastrobranchus coecus Bloch 1791
Myxine glutinosa var. australis Putnam 1874
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Myxine glutinosa var. limosa Putnam 1874
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Myxine glutinosa var. septentrionalis Putnam 1874
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Gasterobranchus glutinosus (Linnaeus 1758)
Gasterobranchus glutinosus (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Fishbase
Gastrobranchus coecus Bloch 1791
Gastrobranchus coecus Bloch 1791
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Fishbase
Myxine glutinosa australis Putnam 1874
Ambiguous synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Fishbase
Myxine glutinosa limosa Putnam 1874
Ambiguous synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Fishbase
Myxine glutinosa septentrionalis Putnam 1874
Ambiguous synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Fishbase

Common Names

English

Atlantic hagfish
Borer
Common hag
Recognized by Fishbase
Hag-fish
Recognized by Fishbase
Hagfish
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names
Northern hagfish
Recognized by Fishbase
Slime eel
Recognized by Fishbase
Lancelet
Recognized by Flickr BHL
Mud lamprey
Recognized by Flickr BHL
Planer’s lamprey
Recognized by Flickr BHL
Atlantic Hagfish preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Common Hag
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Northern Hagfish
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

سمكة عجُوز خبيثة preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Armenian

Սովորական լորձուն preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Breton

suzon preferred

Bulgarian

Атлантическа миксина preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

Sliznatka
Recognized by Fishbase
sliznatka cizopasná preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Almindelig slimål preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Slimål
Recognized by Fishbase

Dutch; Flemish

slijmprik preferred

Estonian

Harilik pihklane preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Limapihklane
Recognized by Fishbase

Faroese

Ormur preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Slímállur
Recognized by Fishbase
Slímálur
Recognized by Fishbase
Súgállur
Recognized by Fishbase
Súgálur
Recognized by Fishbase
Állur
Recognized by Fishbase

Finnish

Limanahkiaiset
Recognized by Fishbase
Loisankerias
Recognized by Fishbase
Limaaja preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

French

Myxine du nord
Recognized by Fishbase
Myxine
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names
Myxine du Nord preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
myxine du nord preferred

German

Blindinger preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Inger
Recognized by Fishbase
Myxine
Recognized by Fishbase
Nordatlantischer Inger
Recognized by Fishbase

Hungarian

Atlanti-óceáni nyálkahal preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Inuktitut

Ivik preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Kopaluk
Recognized by Fishbase

Irish

cailleach preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Italian

Missine preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Japanese

ニシメクラウナギ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020

Norwegian

Slimål preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
slimål preferred

Polish

Sluzica
Recognized by Fishbase
Śluzica pospolita preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Portuguese

Enguia de casulo preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Russian

европейская миксина
Recognized by Fishbase
миксина атлантическая
Recognized by Fishbase
Atlanticheskaya miksina
Recognized by Fishbase
Miksina
Recognized by Fishbase
Obyknovennaya
Recognized by Fishbase
Атлантическая миксина preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Serbian

Sljepulja preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Spanish; Castilian

Anguila babosa
Recognized by Fishbase
Babosa de mar
Recognized by Fishbase
Pez moco
Recognized by Fishbase
Anguila Babosa preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Babosa de Mar
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Pez Moco
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Pirål preferred
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names
Pirålen
Recognized by Fishbase

Ukrainian

Міксина атлантична preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Welsh

Safngrwn preferred
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names
safngrwn

Arz

ميكسين جلوتينوزا preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus 1758

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Myxini
Myxiniformes
Myxinidae