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Are hagfish bony or cartilaginous

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Sea lampreys are jawless fish and, like all fish, they are vertebrates because they have a spine and spinal cord, and an internal skeleton. They belong to the Phylum Chordata.

Mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians are all vertebrates.

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Sawfish, like all fish, are vertebrates because they have a spine and spinal cord, and an internal skeleton. They belong to the Phylum Chordata.

Mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians are all vertebrates.

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Hagfish are invertebrates. However there have been debates as to whether they are vertebrates or invertebrates. Vertebrates are animals that have spines.

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vertebrate because of a back-bone.

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Hagfish are jawless fish.

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