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Hagfish

Myxine glutinosa

1,489Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan51
Feb160
Mar8
Apr0
May7
Jun4
Jul106
Aug829
Sep318
Oct5
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

About this species

Records since 2000
1,489
Peak month
August
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Myxine glutinosa
Group
Fish
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Myxini
Order
Myxiniformes
Family
Myxinidae
Genus
Myxine
Name with authority
Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q780327 · GBIF 2498670