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Etymology: Myxine: Ancient Greek word for a slimy fish: myxa, slime; -inus, one who, referring to copious amounts of slime produced by M. glutinosa. (See ETYFish); kuoi: In honor of molecular biologist Chien-Hsien Kuo, National Chiayi University (Taiwan), for his contributions to hagfish taxonomy. (See ETYFish).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino batidemersale; non migratori; distribuzione batimetrica 595 - ? m (Ref. 43102). Subtropical
Distribuzione
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Northwest Pacific: Taiwan.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.7 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 43102); 41.0 cm TL (female)
Short description
Morfologia | Morfometria
Teeth 2-cusp multicusps on the anterior and posterior sets of cusps. Inner dorsal surface of the nasal sinus near the apex with a single medial small papilla. Gill pouches 6 pairs (Ref. 43102).
Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Copulatory organ absent. The gonads of hagfishes are situated in the peritoneal cavity. The ovary is found in the anterior portion of the gonad, and the testis is found in the posterior part. The animal becomes female if the cranial part of the gonad develops or male if the caudal part undergoes differentiation. If none develops, then the animal becomes sterile. If both anterior and posterior parts develop, then the animal becomes a functional hermaphrodite. However, hermaphroditism being characterised as functional needs to be validated by more reproduction studies (Ref. 51361 ).
Mok, H.-K., 2002. Myxine kuoi, a new species of hagfish fro southwestern Taiwanese waters. Zool. Stud. 41(1):59-62. (Ref. 43102)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00115 (0.00045 - 0.00296), b=3.03 (2.80 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (Fec assumed to be <100).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100).