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Agnatha means 'no jaws', and they really don't have jaws, although they do have teeth. They also have no stomach, and no boney skeleton. Their skeleton is cartilagineous, like the elasmobranchs.

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Which class of chordates are jawless fish?

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Do fish have keratin?

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Is the class agnatha the oldest known class of fish in the world?

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Is a trout a jawless fish?

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