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Neomyxine caesiovitta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Myxini
Order:	Myxiniformes
Family:	Myxinidae
Genus:	Neomyxine
Species:	N. caesiovitta
Binomial name
Neomyxine caesiovitta A. L. Stewart & Zintzen, 2015

Neomyxine caesiovitta, the blueband hagfish, is a species of hagfish endemic to New Zealand.

Description

Neomyxine caesiovitta can reach a standard length of 64.8 centimetres (25.5 in).

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.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Neomyxine caesiovitta". FishBase. June 2018 version.

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