Neomyxine caesiovitta
Appearance
Neomyxine caesiovitta | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
Class: | Myxini |
Order: | Myxiniformes |
Family: | Myxinidae |
Genus: | Neomyxine |
Species: | N. caesiovitta
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Binomial name | |
Neomyxine caesiovitta A. L. Stewart & Zintzen, 2015
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Neomyxine caesiovitta, the blueband hagfish, is a species of hagfish endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Description
[edit]Neomyxine caesiovitta can reach a standard length of 64.8 centimetres (25.5 in).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Zintzen, V., Roberts, C.D., Shepherd, L., Stewart, A.L., Struthers, C.D., Anderson, M.J., McVeagh, M., Noren, M. & Fernholm, B. (2015): Review and phylogeny of the New Zealand hagfishes (Myxiniformes: Myxinidae), with a description of three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 174 (2): 363–393.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Neomyxine caesiovitta" in FishBase. June 2018 version.