hagfish
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Juan Pascual-Anaya, a biologist at the University of Málaga in Spain who has spent summers collecting hagfish off the coast of Japan, recalls having to strip the elastic gel off the animals with his hands.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
"The cell clusters we observed are likely lamprey-specific features, as they are not recognizable in the head mesoderm of both hagfish and shark embryos," explains Dr. Onai.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2024
The whale’s stomach contained six hagfish traps, seven types of fishing net, two types of plastic bags, a light protector, fishing line and a float from a net.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
They’ve fished for black cod, rockfish, hagfish and “dabbled in tuna.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2021
This mucus allows the hagfish to escape from the grip of predators.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Lampreys are similar to hagfishes in size and shape; however, lampreys possess some vertebral elements.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Today, hagfishes and lampreys are recognized as separate clades, primarily because lampreys are true vertebrates, whereas hagfishes are not.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Lampreys are similar to hagfishes in size and shape; however, lampreys have a brain case and incomplete vertebrae.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
Lampreys lack paired appendages and bone, as do the hagfishes.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
It seems probable that during the breeding period the hagfishes retire into some particularly inaccessible habitat.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
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