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.
Bony fishHag fishLamprey(both of these are known as the jawless fish)Sharks and rays(both of these are known as cartilaginous fish)Lob-finned fishThis is a very simplified classification of something that is very complex. To see the full tree, try WikiSpieces.
Fishes of class AGNATHA (myxini) have tooth-like structures that are composed of KERATIN..
yes actually it is the oldest known class in the world. About forty sixth graders, thirty- six seventh graders and about eighteen eighth graders even know that. only because they are truly gifted and foun out from their teacher and classmates!
Lampreys are in the superclass Agnatha, jawless fish. They are of the class Cyclostomata, which includes hagfish, as opposed to the extinct Ostracoderms.
It is as primitive as a cave man.
In Phylum Chordata, jawless fish are grouped within Superclass Agnatha. Examples of jawless fish include lampreys and hagfish, which combined total about 120 different species.
Examples of agnatha, or jawless fish, include lampreys and hagfish. These fish are characterized by their lack of jaws, paired fins, and scales. They are considered primitive vertebrates and play important roles in marine ecosystems.
Agnatha is a superclass of fish that are characterised by their lack of a jaw as opposed to the presence of a jaw found in most modern fish. The surviving two classes are hagfish and lampreys.
with gills; they're fish!
Jawless fish are the oldest group of fish, belonging to the class Agnatha. Within this class, they are further divided into two orders: the Petromyzontiformes (lampreys) and the Myxiniformes (hagfish).
Bony fishHag fishLamprey(both of these are known as the jawless fish)Sharks and rays(both of these are known as cartilaginous fish)Lob-finned fishThis is a very simplified classification of something that is very complex. To see the full tree, try WikiSpieces.
Fishes of class AGNATHA (myxini) have tooth-like structures that are composed of KERATIN..
yes actually it is the oldest known class in the world. About forty sixth graders, thirty- six seventh graders and about eighteen eighth graders even know that. only because they are truly gifted and foun out from their teacher and classmates!
No, trout are not jawless fish. They belong to the class Osteichthyes, which includes jawed fish with bony skeletons. Jawless fish belong to the class Agnatha, which includes animals like lampreys and hagfish.
Lampreys are in the superclass Agnatha, jawless fish. They are of the class Cyclostomata, which includes hagfish, as opposed to the extinct Ostracoderms.
Class Agnatha (jawless fish)Class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)Class Osteichthyes (bony fishes)Class Amphibia (amphibians)Class Reptilia (reptiles)Class Aves (birds)Class Mammalia (mammals)
jawless fish. not very common today, but they were in the past.