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Myxines (hagfishes) > Myxiniformes (Hagfishes) > Myxinidae (Hagfishes) > Myxininae
Etymology: Neomyxine: neos (Gr.), new, i.e., a new genus related to Myxine. (See ETYFish); caesiovitta: caesio, blue gray; vitta, ribbon or band, referring to distinctive blue band along sides. (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin bathydémersal; profondeur 97 - 1198 m (Ref. 115309). Subtropical

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Western Pacific: New Zealand endemic; widespread in the New Zealand region along the east coast of the North Island, from off Great Barrier Island south to Kaikoura and the Chatham Rise (Ref. 115309).

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 64.8 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 115309)

Description synthétique Morphologie | Morphométrie

Diagnosis: 161–199 total slime pores, trunk length 63.5–68.3% TL, tail length 10.9–14.0% TL, slime glands not visible under skin, body colour pale with clear lateral blue band, margin of cloaca and at least some slime pore rims blackish; differs from N. biniplicata by its trunk length (63.5–68.3 versus 55.6–61.2% TL), tail length (10.9–14.0 versus 14.4–19.3% TL), slime glands aspect (not visible under skin versus visible under the skin like a series of beads), body colour (pale with clear lateral blue band versus pink-grey), margin of cloaca colour (blackish versus whitish), and slime pores rim colour (at least some blackish versus same colour as surrounding tissues) (Ref. 115309).

Observed actively hunting a live red bandfish Cepola haastii (Ref. 115309).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Zintzen, V., C.D. Roberts, L. Shepherd, A.L. Stewart, C.D. Struther, M.J. Anderson, M. McVeagh, M. Noren and B. Fernholm, 2015. Review and phylogeny of the New Zealand hagfishes (Myxiniformes: Myxinidae), with description of three new species. Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 174:363-393. (Ref. 115309)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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Neomyxine caesiovitta Stewart & Zintzen, 2015