Bootlace hagfish facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Bootlace hagfish |
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Nemamyxine
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N. elongata
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| Nemamyxine elongata L. R. Richardson, 1958
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The bootlace hagfish (Nemamyxine elongate) is a species of hagfish in the genus Nemamyxine. Distribution, abundance, and natural history are not known. Only two specimens have been collected. One, dead, was found 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..
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