Rubicundus lakeside, the Lakeside hagfish, is a species of jawless fish in the family Myxinidae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Myxini |
| Order: | Myxiniformes |
| Family: | Myxinidae |
| Genus: | Rubicundus |
| Species: | R. lakeside
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| Binomial name | |
| Rubicundus lakeside (Mincarone & J. E. McCosker, 2004)
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It was originally classified in the genus Eptatretus, but a 2013 analysis reclassified into the new genus Rubicundus, considered the most basal genus of hagfish. The specific epithet lakeside honors the Lakeside Foundation of California for supporting the work of Michael Mincarone, one of its descriptors.[2][3][4]
This species is only known from deep water habitats off the coast of the Galápagos Islands. It is known from a single specimen collected in a lava reef off Fernandina Island. Nothing is known about its life history or ecology.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Mincarone, M.M. (2011). "Eptatretus lakeside". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T196028A8995158. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T196028A8995158.en.
- ^ a b "Rubicundus lakeside, Lakeside hagfish : fisheries". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
- ^ "Eptatretus lakeside sp. nov., a new species of five-gilled hagfish (Myxinidae) from the Galapagos Islands". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 4th series. 55: 162–168. 2004. ISSN 0068-547X.
- ^ Fernholm, Bo; Norén, Michael; Kullander, Sven O.; Quattrini, Andrea M.; Zintzen, Vincent; Roberts, Clive D.; Mok, Hin-Kiu; Kuo, Chien-Hsien (2013-07-19). "Hagfish phylogeny and taxonomy, with description of the new genus Rubicundus (Craniata, Myxinidae)". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 51 (4): 296–307. doi:10.1111/jzs.12035. ISSN 0947-5745.