Classification of New Zealand's jawless fishes

PHYLUM CHORDATA

SUBPHYLUM CEPHALOCHORDATA

Class AMPHIOXI

Order AMPHIOXIFORMES

Epigonichthyidae Lancelets

           Epigonichthys hectori (Benham, 1901) Lancelet E

 

SUBPHYLUM CRANIATA

Superclass AGNATHA

Class MYXINI

Order MYXINIFORMES

Myxinidae Hagfishes

               Eptatretus cirrhatus (Forster, 1801) Common hagfish

               Nemamyxine elongata Richardson, 1958 Bootlace hagfish E

               Neomyxine biniplicata (Richardson & Jowett, 1951) Slender hagfish E

 

Class CEPHALASIPIDOMORPHI

Order PETROMYZONTIFORMES

Petromyzontidae Lampreys

               Geotria australis Gray, 1851 Lamprey Dia