Nemamyxine elongata, the bootlace hagfish, is a species of hagfish in the genus Nemamyxine.[2][1] Distribution, abundance, and natural history are not known. Only two specimens have been collected. One was found dead in a net in the Kaituna River (Bay of Plenty), and thought to have been a fishery discard. The other was collected alive during a trawl at 132-140m in the Canterbury Bight (East coast of South Island). The larger specimen was 867 mm TL but maximum size is unknown. One specimen was a female with small eggs similar to those of other hagfish species..[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | Myxini |
| Order: | Myxiniformes |
| Family: | Myxinidae |
| Genus: | Nemamyxine |
| Species: | N. elongata
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| Binomial name | |
| Nemamyxine elongata L. R. Richardson, 1958
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References edit
- ^ a b Mincarone, M.M. (2011). "Nemamyxine elongata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T196071A8990335. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T196071A8990335.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Garilao, Cristina V. "Nemamyxine elongata". FishBase. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ 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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