hagfish eat dead fish, including whale carcasses
No, they are jawless fish.
Hagfish and lampreys.
A hagfish is a jawless marine fish that belongs to the class Myxini. They are known for their slimy and scaleless bodies and are typically found in deep ocean waters. Hagfish are considered primitive fish and are known for their unique feeding habits where they use a slime-producing gland to defend themselves and to escape predators.
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.
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.
Technically, all fish that are not cartilaginous (sharks and rays) or jawless (lampreys, hagfish, etc) are considered bony fish. Thus, all of the fish that penguins eat are considered bony fish.
the hagfish.
hagfish swim
From what I can find out there is absolutely nothing else in the world that is similar to a Hagfish. Check out this link :- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagfish
This would seem to describe the hagfish and lampreys. The description fails by saying that they resemble fish. Hagfish and lampreys are classified as jawless fish. They are fish, none-the-less.
yes
No, but they could suffocate fish with their slime.