Nemamyxine elongata | |
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Scientific classification | |
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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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]