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What do hagfish look like?

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The circular sucking mouth has rows of horny teeth. There is a single median nostril and the eyes are poorly developed. Like the other jawless fishes, the lampreys , hagfish retain the notochord , a supporting structure found in higher vertebrates only in the embryo, throughout life.

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