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Blueband hagfish (Neomyxine caesiovitta)
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Ecological Illustration of Blueband hagfish (Neomyxine caesiovitta)
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Myxinidae

Blueband hagfish

Neomyxine caesiovitta

It actively hunts live red bandfish

  • Blue
  • Tropical
  • Island endemic
  • Island endemic species
  • Local endemic species
  • Restricted distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Anguilliform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

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

Class
Hagfishes
Order
Hagfishes
Family
Myxinidae
Genus
Neomyxine
Water type
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
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