MYXINIDAE
[rev. 20 Oct 2004]
Eptatretus carlhubbsi
McMillan & Wisner 1984
Eptatretus carlhubbsi McMillan & Wisner 1984, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (4)43(16): 256,
figs. 2, 3(1), 5(1-9), 6. Type
locality: Near Wake Island, central Pacific Ocean, 19°18'N,
166°33.5'E, 1574 m. Holotype: SIO 68-473 (961 mm TL). Paratypes:
SIO 68-473 (1, 810 mm TL), SIO 82-63 [ex BPBM 27850] (1, 1125 mm TL).
Eptatretus fritzi Wisner & McMillan 1990
Eptatretus fritzi Wisner & McMillan 1990, Fish. Bull. 88(4):791, fig. 2b. Type locality: Vicinity
of Guadalupe Island, Mexico, 28°51'N, 118°14'W, 512 m. Holotype: SIO 66-26 (550 mm TL). Paratypes: SIO 63-177 (20, 324-522 mm TL), SIO 66-22 (36,
232-521 mm TL), SIO 66-23 (195, 286-556 mm TL), SIO 66-26 (30, 280-585 mm TL),
SIO 66-36 (2, 354-405 mm TL), SIO 67-60 (120, 281-498 mm TL), SIO 68-664 (2,
425-535 mm TL), SIO 72-294 (4, 207-541 mm TL).
Eptatretus grouseri McMillan 1999
Eptatretus grouseri McMillan 1999, Fish. Bull. 97(1):114. Type locality: Off Galapagos Islands, 00°14.6'S,
91°26.6'W, 2370 ft (722 m). Paratype: SIO 97-77 [ex CAS 86428] (1, 142 mm TL).
Eptatretus laurahubbsae McMillan & Wisner 1984
Eptatretus laurahubbsi McMillan & Wisner 1984, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.
(4)43(16):261, figs. 3(2-3), 5(10).
Type locality: Near Mas a Tierra, Juan Fernandez Islands,
south eastern Pacific Ocean, 33°31'S, 78°50'W, 2400 m. Holotype: SIO 65-643 (375 mm TL). Paratypes: SIO 65-643 (2, 287-369 mm TL). Remarks: Original as laurahubbsi but named
after a women so corrected to laurahubbsae.
Eptatretus mcconnaugheyi Wisner & McMillan 1990
Eptatretus mcconnaugheyi Wisner & McMillan 1990, Fish. Bull. 88(4):790,
figs. 2a, 3. Type locality:
Off southern California, 32°32'N, 117°21'07"W, 148 m. Holotype: SIO 69-231E (482 mm TL). Paratypes:
SIO 68-126 (5, 355-409 mm TL), SIO 69-228B (14, 185-400 mm TL), SIO 69-231E (7,
200-448 mm TL), SIO 71-114 (7, 360-440 mm TL).
Eptatretus mccoskeri McMillan 1999
Eptatretus mccoskeri McMillan 1999, Fish. Bull. 97(1):115. Type locality: Off Galapagos Islands, 01°06.3'S,
89°06.9'W, 704 ft (215 m). Paratypes: SIO 97-75 (2, 283-300 mm TL).
Eptatretus mendozai Hensley 1985
Eptatretus mendozai Hensley 1985, Copeia 1985(4):866, figs. 1-2. Type locality: Off southwestern coast of
Puerto Rico, 17°50.4'N, 66°59.8'W, approx. 1100 m. Paratype: SIO
85-30 (1, 359 mm TL).
Eptatretus nanii Wisner & McMillan 1988
Eptatretus nanii Wisner & McMillan 1988, Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist.
21(14):234, fig. 3B. Type
locality: About 33.4 km off Valparaiso, Chile, 274 m. Holotype: SIO 65-675 (609 mm TL). Paratypes: SIO 65-675 (4, 510-593 mm TL), SIO 81-104 (1, 664
mm TL), SIO 84- 244 (1, 541 mm TL), SIO 85-60 (1, 561 mm TL).
Eptatretus polytrema (Girard 1855)
Bdellostoma polytrema Girard 1855, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 7:199. Type locality: Off
Valparaiso Bay, Chile, 350 m. Neotype: SIO 84-243 (431 mm TL). Remarks:
Neotype selected by Wisner & McMillan 1988:236.
Eptatretus sinus Wisner & McMillan 1990
Eptatretus sinus Wisner & McMillan 1990, Fish. Bull. 88(4):792, fig. 2c. Type locality: Gulf of
California, Mexico, 25°49'N, 110°44'W, 708 m. Holotype: SIO
68-108 (307 mm TL). Paratypes: SIO 68-94 (29, 129-346 mm TL), SIO 68-100 (60,
267-464 mm TL), SIO 68-108 (31, 230-425 mm TL).
Eptatretus stoutii (Lockington 1878)
Bdellostoma stoutii Lockington 1878, Amer. Nat. 12(12):793. Type locality: 2 miles southwest of whistler
buoy at entrance to Humboldt Bay, California, 38-44 m. Neotype: SIO 68-426 (530 mm TL). Remarks: Neotype designated by Wisner & McMillan
1990:796.
Eptatretus strahani McMillan & Wisner 1984
Eptatretus strahani McMillan & Wisner 1984, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (4)43(16): 262,
figs. 3(4), 4, 5(11). Type
locality: South China Sea near Luban Island, Philippines, 14°00'N,
120°18'.2"E, 189 m. Paratypes: SIO 81-116 (2, 265-450 mm TL).
Eptatretus wisneri McMillan 1999
Eptatretus wisneri McMillan 1999, Fish. Bull. 97(1):116. Type locality: Off Galapagos Islands,
00°28.0'S, 91°37.2'W, 1848 ft (563 m).
Paratype: SIO 97-76 [ex CAS
86430] (1, 328 mm TL).
Myxine debueni Wisner & McMillan 1995
Myxine debueni
Wisner & McMillan 1995, Fish. Bull. 93(3):535. Type locality: Straits of Magellan, 53°39'S,
70°14'W, 300 m. Holotype: SIO 90-140 (570 mm TL). Paratype:
SIO 90-140 (1, 545 mm TL).
Myxine dorsum Wisner & McMillan 1995
Myxine dorsum
Wisner & McMillan 1995, Fish Bull. 93 (3):537. Type locality: South Atlantic Ocean, 54°25'S,
59°42'W, 112 m. Paratype: SIO 92-21 [ex ZIN 722-966] (1, 490mm TL).
Myxine fernholmi Wisner & McMillan 1995
Myxine fernholmi Wisner & McMillan 1995, Fish. Bull. 93(3):535. Type locality: South
Atlantic Ocean, 49°29'S, 58°56'W, 400 m.
Paratypes: SIO 90-138 [ex ISH
108-1971] (1, 790 mm TL), SIO 90-139 (1, 575 mm TL).
Myxine formosana Mok & Kuo 2001
Myxine formosana Mok & Kuo 2001, Ichth. Res. 48(3):295, fig.2. Type locality: Pacific Ocean,
southwest of Taiwan, 22°15’34”N, 120°06’05”E, 753 m. Paratypes: SIO 01-191
[ex NSYSU 3039] (2, 282-322 mm TL).
Myxine hubbsi Wisner & McMillan 1995
Myxine hubbsi
Wisner & McMillan 1995, Fish. Bull. 93(3):536. Type locality: Northeastern Pacific Ocean,
32°38'N, 118°08.4'W, 2009 m.
Holotype: SIO 65-452 (515 mm
TL). Paratypes: CAS 77360 [ex SIO 65-451] (3, 322-410 mm TL); LACM
45786-1 [ex SIO 65-451] (18, 222-456 mm TL); SIO 65-452 (82, 209-522 mm TL),
SIO 68-60 (36, 120- 484 mm TL), SIO 68-61 (2, 350-400 mm TL), SIO 72-176 (8,
326-473 mm TL), SIO 73-293 (16, 230-480 mm TL), SIO 92-114 (7, 260-450 mm TL),
SIO 92-115 (7, 290-420mm TL); USNM 325214 [ex SIO 68-676] (6, 275-460 mm TL).
Myxine hubbsoides Wisner & McMillan 1995
Myxine hubbsoides Wisner & McMillan 1995, Fish. Bull. 93(3):536. Type locality: South
Pacific Ocean, 34°00'S, 72°14'W, 880 m.
Holotype: SIO 90-143 [ex MNHMC
80047] (826 mm TL). Paratypes: SIO 90-141 [ex MNHMC 80043] (1, 702 mm TL), SIO
90-142 [ex MNHMC 80044] (1, 651 mm TL).
Myxine ios Fernholm 1981
Myxine ios Fernholm
1981, J. Fish Biol. 19(1):74, figs. 1-4.
Type locality: Northeastern Atlantic Ocean, off West
Africa, 23°41.4'N, 17°04.1'W, Discovery sta. 7843#2, 623 m. Paratypes: SIO 80-50 (1, 445 mm TL), SIO 80-51 (1, 400 mm TL).
Myxine knappi Wisner & McMillan 1995
Myxine knappi
Wisner & McMillan 1995, Fish. Bull. 93(3):538. Type locality: South Atlantic Ocean, 49°16'S,
57°02'W, 630-650 m. Holotype: SIO 90-144 (565 mm TL). Paratypes:
SIO 90-144 (2, 510-560 mm TL).
Myxine mccoskeri Wisner & McMillan 1995
Myxine mccoskeri Wisner & McMillan
1995, Fish. Bull. 93(3):534. Type
locality: East Pacific Ocean, 09°39'N, 78°60'W, 530-560 m. Holotype: SIO 70-363 (201 mm TL). Paratypes:
SIO 70-363 (2, 117-170 mm TL), SIO 90-117 [ex UMML 29269] (1, 235 mm TL).
Myxine mcmillanae Hensley 1991
Myxine mcmillanae Hensley 1991, Copeia 1991(4):1040, fig. 1. Type locality: Greater Antilles, Caribbean Sea,
17°51.8'N, 66°58.9'W, 925 m.
Paratypes: SIO 90-21 (11,
343-473 mm TL), SIO 90-22 (2, 372-393 mm TL).
Myxine pequenoi Wisner & McMillan 1995
Myxine pequenoi
Wisner & McMillan 1995, Fish. Bull. 93(3):537. Type locality: Southeastern Pacific Ocean,
41°29'S, 74°09'W, 185 m. Holotype: SIO 90-145 (183 mm TL). Paratype:
SIO 90-146 (1, 175 mm TL).
Myxine robinsi Wisner & McMillan 1995
Myxine robinsi
Wisner & McMillan 1995, Fish. Bull. 93(3):534. Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, 11°37'N,
60°50'W, 783-1281 m. Holotype: SIO
90-149 [ex UMML 29270] (475 mm TL).
Paratype: SIO 90-149 (1,
510 mm TL).
Paramyxine moki McMillan & Wisner 2004
Paramyxine moki
McMillan & Wisner 2004, Zool. Studies 43(1):60, fig. 6. Type locality:
From Kajiro-wan off Kanagawa-ken, Sagami Bay, 10 m N of Misaki Mar. Biol. Sta.,
E coast of Honshu I., Japan; at about 100 m. Holotype: SIO 87-104 (470 mm TL). Paratypes: SIO 87-104 (8, 368-460 mm TL).
Paramyxine walkeri McMillan & Wisner 2004
Paramyxine walkeri McMillan & Wisner 2004, Zool. Studies 43(1):61-62, fig. 7. Type
locality: Off Choshi, E coast of Honshu I., Japan; 75 m. Holotype: SIO 76-257 (450 mm TL). Paratypes: SIO 76-257 (9, 350-518 mm TL).
Paramyxine wisneri Kuo, Huang & Mok 1994
Paramyxine wisneri Kuo, Huang & Mok 1994, Zool. Studies 33(2):137, figs. 8-9. Type
locality: Coastal waters of Fukan, Taiwan; 200 m. Paratype: SIO 02-76 [ex NSYSU 2870, in part] (1, 188 mm TL).