myx1ne

[Gr. myxinos=a smooth sea-fish, a slime-fish.] Ichthy.: The typical genus of the family Myxinide (q.v.). There is one external branchial aperture on each side of the abdomen, leading by six ducts to six branchial sacs. Three species are known, from the North Atlantic, Japan, and the Straits of Magellan. Myxine descends to a depth of 345 fathoms, and is generally met with in the Norwegian fjords at 70 fathoms, sometimes in great abundance. ( Günther .) mỹx in-1 dæ, s . pl . [Mod. Lat. myxin ( e ); Lat. fem. adj. suff. -ide .] Ichthy .: A family of cyclostomatous fishes, with two genera, Myxine and Bdellostoma. The fishes chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; ground. There are four sections: Trichiacei, Stemonitei, Phys are i, and Æthalipei.