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Hagfish

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The Hagfish Is the Slimy Sea Creature of Your Nightmares

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Reeling In HORRIFIC Hagfish | River Monsters

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Scientists film hagfish anti-shark slime weapon

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Facts: The Hagfish

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Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature - Hagfish Slime

Hagfish, the class Myxini, are eel-shaped, slime-producing marine fish. They are the only known living animals that have a skull but no vertebral column, although hagfish do have rudimentary vertebrae. Along with lampreys, hagfish are jawless; they are the sister group to jawed vertebrates, and living hagfish remain similar to hagfish from around 300 million years ago.