Myxinidae

Magellan Hagfish

Myxine debueni

No belly fold remains beside the shortened tail

• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Anguilliform
• Large

Myxine debueni, the Magellan hagfish, is a species of jawless fish in the family Myxinidae. It is found off the coast of southernmost Chile, where it is known only from two specimens collected near Dawson Island in the Strait of Magellan prior to 1970. It may be threatened by shipping, dredging, and fishing activities, but very little is known about the species due to the lack of surveys.