Talk:Agnatha
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[edit] I'm sorry, but
Agnatha are not fishes.They have completely different skeleton, and their notochord lasts unchanged for their whole life.
[edit] Hagfish
Hagfishes aren't really agnathans. All agnathans are jawless vertabrates whos mouthes are fixed open. A hagfish's mouth is not fixed open, they have horizontally articulating "jaws", while agnathans just have a mouth fixed open. Giant Blue Anteater 05:17, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cyclostomes
Hagfishes are considered agnathans because they are cyclostomes. Hagfishes belong in the Myxinidae family under the class Agnatha. Information cited from http://www.gma.org/fogm/Hagfish_Lamprey.htm |Qwertyloo
[edit] Old terminology
Agnatha is a dated term; it is being used less and less because the group is paraphyletic. This should be mentioned somewhere in the article. Fuzzform 21:42, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
