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Myxinidae

Brazilian Hagfish

Myxine sotoi

Pink white body under Brazil vulnerable status

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
South America
Anguilliform
Large

Brazilian Hagfish is known from Southwest Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.

Class: Hagfishes
Order: Hagfishes
Family: Myxinidae
Genus: Myxine
Maximum length: 52 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Southwest Atlantic: Brazil.
Conservation status: VUVulnerable

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