Neomyxine biniplicata

Neomyxine biniplicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Myxini
Order: Myxiniformes
Family: Myxinidae
Genus: Neomyxine
Species: N. biniplicata
Binomial name
Neomyxine biniplicata
(L. R. Richardson & Jowett, 1951)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Myxine biniplicata Richardson & Jowett 1951

The slender hagfish (Neomyxine biniplicata) is a species of hagfish endemic to New Zealand. It is known from along the east coast, from the northern end of the Bay of Plenty to Kaikoura at depths of 35-396 m, and is found on silty to coarse sediments and rocky seabeds.[3]

References

  1. Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Myxinidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  2. "Myxinidae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. 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.
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