About 64 species are known, in 5 genera. A number of the species have only been recently discovered, living at depths of several hundred metres. Some of the species are listed here:

  • Genus Eptatretus:
    • Inshore hagfish, Eptatretus burgeri (Girard, 1855)
      New Zealand hagfish, Eptatretus cirrhatus (Forster, 1801)
      Black hagfish, Eptatretus deani (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907)
      Guadalupe hagfish, Eptatretus fritzi Wisner & McMillan, 1990
      Sixgill hagfish, Eptatretus hexatrema (Müller, 1836)
      Shorthead hagfish, Eptatretus mcconnaugheyi Wisner & McMillan, 1990
      Eptatretus mendozai Hensley, 1985
      Eightgill hagfish, Eptatretus octatrema (Barnard, 1923)
      Fourteen-gill hagfish, Eptatretus polytrema (Girard, 1855)
      Fivegill hagfish, Eptatretus profundus (Barnard, 1923)
      Cortez hagfish, Eptatretus sinus Wisner & McMillan, 1990
      Gulf hagfish, Eptatretus springeri (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1952)
      Pacific hagfish, Eptatretus stoutii (Lockington, 1878)
  • Genus Myxine:
    • Patagonian hagfish Myxine affinis Günther, 1870
      Myxine australis Jenyns, 1842
      Cape hagfish, Myxine capensis
      Whiteface hagfish, Myxine circifrons Garman, 1899
      Myxine debueni Wisner & McMillan, 1995
      Myxine dorsum Wisner & McMillan, 1995
      Myxine fernholmi Wisner & McMillan, 1995
      Myxine formosana Mok & Kuo, 2001
      Myxine garmani Jordan & Snyder, 1901
      Hagfish (or Atlantic hagfish), Myxine glutinosa
      Myxine hubbsi Wisner & McMillan, 1995
      Myxine hubbsoides Wisner & McMillan, 1995
      White-headed hagfish, Myxine ios
      Myxine jespersenae Møller, Feld, Poulsen, Thomsen & Thormar, 2005
      Myxine knappi Wisner & McMillan, 1995
      Myxine kuoi Mok, 2002
      Myxine limosa Girard, 1859
      Myxine mccoskeri Wisner & McMillan, 1995
      Myxine mcmillanae Hensley, 1991
      Myxine paucidens Regan, 1913
      Myxine pequenoi Wisner & McMillan, 1995
      Myxine robinsorum Wisner & McMillan, 1995
      Myxine sotoi Mincarone, 2001
  • Genus Nemamyxine:
    • Nemamyxine elongata Richardson, 1958
      Nemamyxine kreffti McMillan and Wisner, 1982
  • Genus Neomyxine:
    • Neomyxine biniplicata (Richardson and Jowett, 1951)
  • Genus Notomyxine:
    • Notomyxine tridentiger (Garman, 1899)
  • Genus Paramyxine:
    • Paramyxine atami Dean, 1904
      Paramyxine cheni Shen and Tao, 1975
      Paramyxine fernholmi Kuo, Huang and Mok, 1994
      Paramyxine sheni Kuo, Huang and Mok, 1994
      Paramyxine wisneri Kuo, Huang and Mok, 1994
  • Genus Quadratus:
    • Quadratus ancon Mok, Saavedra-Diaz and Acero P., 2001
      Quadratus nelsoni (Kuo, Huang and Mok, 1994)
      Quadratus taiwanae (Shen and Tao, 1975)
      Quadratus yangi

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