Neomyxine
Genus of jawless fishes
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Neomyxine is a genus of hagfish found in the Pacific Ocean around New Zealand.
| Neomyxine | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Superclass: | Cyclostomi |
| Class: | Myxini |
| Order: | Myxiniformes |
| Family: | Myxinidae |
| Subfamily: | Myxininae |
| Genus: | Neomyxine L. R. Richardson & Jowett, 1951 |
| Type species | |
| Neomyxine biniplicata Richardson 1953 | |
Species
Two species in this genus are recognized:
- Neomyxine biniplicata (L. R. Richardson & Jowett, 1951) (slender hagfish)
- Neomyxine caesiovitta A. L. Stewart & Zintzen, 2015 (blueband hagfish) [1]
