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Yes the hagfish is jawless.
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Is a Hagfish a fish?
No, they are jawless fish.
Is a hagfish a cartilaginous fish?
Hagfish are cartilaginous, meaning their skeletons are made from cartilage. FALSE what the person just wrote is wrong. Hagfish are neither cartilaginous or bony fish. Although they have cartilage in their bodies, they belong to a third category called Jawless fish. Jawless, cartilaginous, and bony are the 3 types of fish.
What are some jawless animals?
The lamprey the hagfish and the worm
Do Cyclostomata lamprey eels and hagfish feed on other fish or invertebrates?
Hagfish and lampreys are apart of Agnatha which means jawless fish. Hagfish are a parasite fish but can be free swimming. Both jawless fish will feed on carcasses on the bottom of the seafloor.
Is the hagfish jawless?
Yes, ugly too and lack of stomach also.
Jawless marine fish that feed on dead fish?
Hagfish are jawless marine fish, and generally feed on dead animals.
What are lampreys called?
Lampreys are a species of jawless fish. Some species of lampreys suck blood from other creatures. Hagfish are another type of jawless fish. Hagfish have no vertebrae.
What characteristics does a hagfish have?
A hagfish has the following characteristics. It is like a eel. It is slimy. It has a skull but does not have a vertebral column. It is jawless. It has an average length of 19.5 inches.
Which class of chordates are jawless fish?
Jawless fish belong to the class Agnatha within the phylum Chordata. They are primitive fish lacking jaws, and include groups like lampreys and hagfish.
Give you some example of jawless fish?
Most fish are not jawless. There is a small group of very primitive fish called Jawless fish (Agnatha). However, they make up a very small proportion (<1%) of the fish species on earth. Jawless fish are things like lamprey and hagfish. All other fish, like trout, salmon, tuna, sharks, rays, cichlids, goldfish, etc, etc, have jaws. See the related link for more information on the primitive jawless fish.
What type of fish was the earliest to evolve?
lobe-finned fish
What are agnathas?
Agnathas are a class of jawless fish in the phylum chordata. The group includes species such as hagfish and lamprey.
