affinis, Myxine Günther [A.] 1870:511 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 8; ref. 1995] No locality. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1951.10.4.3 (poor condition). •Synonym of Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus 1758 -- (Lloris & Rucabado 1991:23 [ref. 22530]). •Valid as Myxine affinis Günther 1870 -- (Wisner & McMillan 1995:539 [ref. 21653], Pequeño 1989:5 [ref. 14125], Fernholm 1998:35 [ref. 23976], Mincarone & Soto 2001:126 [ref. 37065], Mok & Kuo 2001:295 [ref. 25547], Møller et al. 2005:381 [ref. 28233], Knapp et al. 2011:404 [ref. 37507], Nión et al. 2016:19 [ref. 35565] as Mixine, Jacobi et al. 2024:203 [ref. 40880]). Current status: Valid as Myxine affinis Günther 1870. Myxinidae: Myxininae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic, southeastern Pacific: southern Brazil south to Straits of Magellan and Tierra del Fuego; southern coast of Chile. Habitat: marine.