Showing posts with label Hagfish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hagfish. Show all posts

Friday, September 30, 2011

Hagfish

Hagfish have no true fins and have six or eight barbels around the mouth and a single nostril.

Hagfish are marine craniates of the class Agnatha or Myxini, moreover reputed to be Hyperotreti. Some specialists respect Myxini as not having a place with the subphylum Vertebrata. That is, they are the just living beasts that have a skull but not a vertebral section.