Nemamyxine kreffti | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
Class: | Myxini |
Order: | Myxiniformes |
Family: | Myxinidae |
Genus: | Nemamyxine |
Species: | N. kreffti
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Binomial name | |
Nemamyxine kreffti
C. B. McMillan &
Wisner, 1982
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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]
This species reaches a length of 40.0 cm (15.7 in). [3]
The fish is named in honor of German ichthyologist-herpetologist Gerhard Krefft (1912‒1993), Institute für Seefischerei in Hamburg. [4]