Hagfish
Of jawless vertebrate and Myxinidae. May also be referred to as hag and slime eels.
Eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies.
This concept's ID is @1~7418
Contains
- Myxinikela siroka
Fossil hagfish of the Pennsylvanian period (c. 300 million years ago) that resembled...
- Myxine glutinosa
Typical hagfish.
- eptatretus
A fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretus.