Myxiops

Myxiops
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Acestrorhamphidae
Subfamily: Stygichthyinae
Genus: Myxiops
Zanata & Akama, 2004

Myxiops is a genus of fish in the subfamily Stygichthyinae of family Acestrorhamphidae. The name is an allusion to the slime that the fish produces, from the Greek μύξα (mýxa) meaning "mucus". Formerly monotypic including only M. aphos, and both species were at some time allocated to its sister taxon of Deuterodon, before the genus was revalidated in 2024.

The genus currently includes the following valid species:

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