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Two other clades gave rise to modern lampreys and hagfishes.
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Today, hagfishes and lampreys are recognized as separate clades, primarily because lampreys are true vertebrates, whereas hagfishes are not.
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Lampreys are similar to hagfishes in size and shape; however, lampreys possess some vertebral elements.
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Jawless fishes—the hagfishes and lampreys—have a distinct cranium and complex sense organs including eyes, distinguishing them from the invertebrate chordates.
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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
