Biology:Nemamyxine kreffti

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Short description: Species of jawless fish

Nemamyxine kreffti
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: Myxini
Order: Myxiniformes
Family: Myxinidae
Genus: Nemamyxine
Species:
N. kreffti
Binomial name
Nemamyxine kreffti
C. B. McMillan & Wisner, 1982

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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/196072/8990430. Retrieved 6 January 2024. 
  2. Fernholm, Bo (1998). "Hagfish systematics". The Biology of Hagfishes. Chapman & Hall, London. pp. 33–44. doi:10.1007/978-94-011-5834-3_3. 
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Nemamyxine kreffti" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. Scharpf, Christopher. "Family MYXINIDAE". The ETYFish Project. p. 4. https://etyfish.org/ETYFish_Myxinidae.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4749627 entry