Jawless Fish Quiz

All Jawless Fish are a part of what superclass?

• Agnatha

• Osteichthyes

• Chondricthyes

• Cephalaspidomorphi

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Hagfish are a part of which class?

• Osteichthyes

• Chondrichthyes

• Myxini

• Cephalaspidomorphi

Lampreys are a part of which class of fish?

• Osteichthyes

• Chondrichthyes

• Myxini

• Cephalaspidomorphi

Which of the following is true about all jawless fish?

• They lack jaws, internal ossification, scales, and paired fins.

• The share pore-like gill openings.

• They have an eel0like body form.

• All of the choices are true about jawless fish.

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According to your notes, the Class Myxini includes ___ species of hagfish.

• 50

• 60

• 70

• 80

True of False.

Hagfish are blind bottom-dwellers that feed on dead or dying fish.

• True

• False

One of the most well-known and gross features of a hagfish is their ability to produce enormous quantities of

• slime

• glands

• seawater

• smells

Despite being blind, hagfishes are quickly attracted to dead and dying fish by their keen senses of

Select all that apply.

• smell

• taste

• touch

• sight

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Parasitic lampreys attach themselves to their host with a ________ mouth and feed on the blood and body fluids of other fish.

• disc-shaped

• c-shaped

• rectangular

• slime

Like leeches, lampreys inject an ___________ into the wound to promote blood flow.

• antigcoagulant

• coagulant

• venom

• slime