Nemamyxine kreffti

Nemamyxine kreffti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Myxini
Order: Myxiniformes
Family: Myxinidae
Genus: Nemamyxine
Species:
N. kreffti
Binomial name
Nemamyxine kreffti

Nemamyxine kreffti, also known as Krefft's hagfish, is a species of fish in the hagfish family Myxinidae. It is found in the south-western Atlantic Ocean from off Argentina and southern Brazil.[2]

Description

This species reaches a length of 40.0 cm (15.7 in).[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of German ichthyologist-herpetologist Gerhard Krefft (1912‒1993), Institute für Seefischerei in Hamburg.[4]

References

  1. ^ Mincarone, M.M. (2011). "Nemamyxine kreffti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T196072A8990430. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T196072A8990430.en. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. ^ Fernholm, Bo (1998). "Hagfish systematics". In Jørgensen, Jørgen Mørup; Lomholt, Jens Peter; Weber, Roy E.; Malte, Hans (eds.). The Biology of Hagfishes. Chapman & Hall, London. pp. 33–44. doi:10.1007/978-94-011-5834-3_3. ISBN 978-94-010-6465-1.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nemamyxine kreffti". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. ^ Scharpf, Christopher. "Family MYXINIDAE" (PDF). The ETYFish Project. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-03-15.


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