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| Scientific Name |
Myxine jespersenae |
| Classified By |
M?ller, Feld, Poulsen, Thomsen & Thormar, 2005 |
| Common Name |
Jespersen's hagfish |
| Class |
Hagfishes (Myxini) |
| Order |
Hagfishes (Myxiniformes) |
| Family |
Hagfishes (Myxinidae) |
| Biology |
Diagnosis: Color grayish brown with whitish head, the white extending posteriorly in a mid-ventral stripe of varying length; surrounding slime pores, PCD, gill aperture, cloaca, CFF, and VFF margins whitish. Two paired, pointed, or comb-shaped, bilaterally symmetrical nasal-sinus papillae with 2-5 distal fringes and 2 cusps in each row fused at their bases. Additional cusps in anterior rows 7-9 and posterior rows 8-10; total cusps 38-44. Pairs of gill pouches 6. Slime pores: prebranchial 28-37; trunk 65-74; tail 11-15; total 107-121. Body slender, depth over cloaca 2.9-4.3% TL; ventral finfold originates within anterior 10% of trunk; caudal finfold termination dorsally above cloaca to posterior 7% of trunk. |
| Climate |
Deep-water |
| Water Temperature From - Celcius |
4 °C |
| Water Temperature To - Celcius |
5 °C |
| Depth From - meters |
752
m |
| Depth To - meters |
1556
m |
| Zone |
benthopelagic |
| Distribution |
North Atlantic: off West Greenland, in the eastern Davis Strait. Denmark Strait, Reykjanes Ridge, and South East of Iceland. Occurs sympatrically with Myxine glutinosa, although with a rather limited overlap in vertical distribution and no documented capture of both species in the same haul or trap exists. |
| Region |
North Atlantic |
| Range |
Unknown |
| Maximum Length |
49.8
cm |
| Common Length |
Unknown
cm |
| Environment |
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 752 - 1556 m |
| Vulnerability |
Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100) |
| Resilience |
Unknown |
| Threat To Humans |
Harmless |
| IUCN Red List Status |
Not Evaluated |
| Human Uses |
Unknown |
| Phylogenetic Diversity Index |
PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes) |
| Trophic Level |
3.39 s.e. 0.64 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
| Is kept in Aquariums |
False |
| Occurs in Marine / Salt water |
True |
| Occurs in Brackish water |
False |
| Occurs in Fresh Water |
False |
| Occurs on Reefs |
False |