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Nemamyxine kreffti
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Myxini
Order:	Myxiniformes
Family:	Myxinidae
Genus:	Nemamyxine
Species:	N. kreffti
Binomial name
Nemamyxine kreffti C. B. McMillan & Wisner, 1982

Nemamyxine kreffti, also known as Krefft's hagfish, is a species of fish in the hagfish family Myxinidae. It is found in the south-western Atlantic Ocean from off Argentina and southern Brazil.

Description

This species reaches a length of 40.0 cm (15.7 in).

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of German ichthyologist-herpetologist Gerhard Krefft (1912‒1993), Institute für Seefischerei in Hamburg.

References

1. Mincarone, M.M. (2011). "Nemamyxine kreffti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T196072A8990430. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T196072A8990430.en. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
2. Fernholm, Bo (1998). "Hagfish systematics". In Jørgensen, Jørgen Mørup; Lomholt, Jens Peter; Weber, Roy E.; Malte, Hans (eds.). The Biology of Hagfishes. Chapman & Hall, London. pp. 33–44. doi:10.1007/978-94-011-5834-3_3. ISBN 978-94-010-6465-1.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nemamyxine kreffti". FishBase. February 2015 version.
4. Scharpf, Christopher. "Family MYXINIDAE" (PDF). The ETYFish Project. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-03-15.

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