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Class 🍽️ 3 Edible

Hagfishes

Myxini

Jawless fish known for their ability to produce large quantities of slime. They are the only known living animals that have a skull but no vertebral column.

Orders
1
Families
1
Species
92
Edible
3
Max Length
128 cm
Threatened
1

📋 Taxonomic Overview

Myxini
Jawless fish known for their ability to produce large quantities of slime. They are the only known living animals that have a skull but no vertebral column.

🔬 Ecology & Feeding

Shallowest
0 m
Deepest
2,743 m

🌍 Habitat Distribution

🌊 Marine
100%
92

🛡️ Conservation Status

LC
VU
DD
Least Concern 36
Near Threatened 2
Vulnerable 6
Endangered 2
Critically Endangered 1
Data Deficient 33