Neomyxine

Neomyxine
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Myxini
Order:	Myxiniformes
Family:	Myxinidae
Subfamily:	Myxininae
Genus:	Neomyxine L. R. Richardson & Jowett, 1951
Type species
Neomyxine biniplicata Richardson 1953

Neomyxine is a genus of hagfish found in the Pacific Ocean around New Zealand.

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]

References

1. 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.