Neomyxine caesiovitta, the blueband hagfish, is a species of hagfish endemic to New Zealand.[1]
| Neomyxine caesiovitta | |
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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: | Neomyxine |
| Species: | N. caesiovitta
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| Binomial name | |
| Neomyxine caesiovitta A. L. Stewart & Zintzen, 2015
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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.
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