AGNATHA

AGNATHA ARE JAWLWESS FISH

• These are the earliest vertabrets
• They do not have paired fins or a stomach
• Most have a skeleton made of cartilage and
• Seven or more paired gill pockets. They have a
• Light sensitive peneal eye

THE LAMPREY

• The lamprey looks like an eel but is a parasite
• And sucks tissue and liquid from the fish it's attached to
• Has rows of horny teeth. Found in temperate rivers
• And costal seas. Can be from 5-40inches. They begin life as
• As a freshwater larvae. There are 50 species known.

THE HAGFISH

• Known as slime fish. Is eel like and pinkish in color
• Has glands along its sides that produce slime. As a
• Defense mechanism it can curl itself into knots. It
• Is almost completely blind but has a wonder since of touch
• And smell. Has a tongue like projection that comes out of its mouth