Myxine kuoi, a new species of hagfish from southwestern Taiwanese waters

Hin-Kiu Mok (2002) Myxine kuoi, a new species of hagfish from southwestern Taiwanese waters. Zoological Studies 41(1): 59-62. Six specimens of a Myxine species with 2-cusp multicusps on both sets of cusps and 6 pairs of gill pouches were collected from waters southwest of Taiwan. As there is no previous report of any hagfish from this region with this multicusp pattern, a thorough comparison with other relevant Myxine species was made to validate the species status of these specimens. They belong to a species that is herein described as new