''Neomyxine'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
hagfish
Hagfish, of the Class (biology), class Myxini (also known as Hyperotreti) and Order (biology), order Myxiniformes , are eel-shaped Agnatha, jawless fish (occasionally called slime eels). Hagfish are the only known living Animal, animals that h ...
found in the
Pacific Ocean
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around
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...
.
Species
Two species in this genus are recognized:
* ''
Neomyxine biniplicata''
( L. R. Richardson & Jowett
Jowett was a manufacturer of light cars and light commercial vehicles in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1906 to 1954.
Early history
Jowett was founded in 1901 by brothers Benjamin (1877–1963) and William (1880–1965) Jowe ...
, 1951) (slender hagfish)
* ''
Neomyxine caesiovitta''
A. L. Stewart & Zintzen, 2015 (blueband hagfish)
[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.'']
References
Myxinidae
jawless fish genera
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