Caribbean Hagfish

Caribbean hagfish
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Myxini
Order:	Myxiniformes
Family:	Myxinidae
Genus:	Myxine
Species:	M. mcmillanae
Binomial name
Myxine mcmillanae Hensley, 1991

The Caribbean Hagfish (Myxine mcmillanae) is a species of hagfish. It is a scaleless, eel-like fish found in Caribbean waters that feeds off material from the surface that drifts down. It is rarely seen as it lives in very deep water from 2,300-4,950 feet (700-1,500 meters) and likes to burrow into the mud. Their body is grey with a contrasting white head. They have 7 internal gills connected to a single opening on each side of the body.

References

• Smith, C. Lavett (1997). National Audubon Society Field Guide to Tropical Marine Fishes. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 224. ISBN 0-679-44601-X. 
• "Myxine mcmillanae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=622241. Retrieved 16 February 2008.