Nemamyxine elongata

Bootlace hagfish
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Superclass:	Agnatha
Class:	Myxini
Order:	Myxiniformes
Family:	Myxinidae
Genus:	Nemamyxine
Species:	N. elongata
Binomial name
	Nemamyxine elongata; L. R. Richardson, 1958

Nemamyxine elongata also known as the bootlace hagfish is a species of hagfish in the genus Nemamyxine. The bootlace hagfish is a hermaphrodite, and both genders do not have a copulatory organ. This species attains a maximum size of 867 mm TL. N. elongata lives in Bay of Plenty and Canterbury Bight at depth of 132-140 m.^[1]

References

^ 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.

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[Zintzen2015-1] 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.

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