Petromyzon (Lamprey)
Myxine (Hagfish)
I Hag fishes are scavengers. They
penetrate into the dead fishes
bodies and eat the tissues.
2. The body is. slender & eel-like
3 They are exclusively marine
habitats.
4. the caudal fin is small.
5. The dorsal fin is not fully
developed.
6. Mouth is terminal in position. It
is surrounded by soft lips. Buccal
funnel is absent.
7. Single nostril is present very
near to the mouth.
8. Skull has no roof.
9. Small teeth are present on the
tongue in two rows.
10. Salivary glands are present.
11. The gill pouch number varies
from six to fifteen pairs.
12.Each aortic arch supplies the
hemibranch of a single gill pouch.
13. Brain is degenerated.
14. Only thee pairs of cranial
nerves are present.
15. Non functional paired eyes are
burned in the skin.
16. Penial eye is absent.
1.They are semi parasitic. But the
Larvae(Ammocoetes) leads an
independent life.
2. The body is cylindrical & stout.
3. These live in both in sea water
and fresh water. They migrate into
the rivers for spawning.
4. The caudal fin is well developed.
5. The dorsal fin is divided into two
portions by a notch.
6. Mouth is sub-terminal in position.
Buccal funnel is present.
7. Single nostril Is on the dorsal side
of head region.
8. Skull roc is incomplete.
9. Horny teeth are present in the
buccal funnel and on the tongue.
10. Paired salivary glands are
present
11. There are seven pairs gill-
pouches present. All these open Into
the respiratory tube.
12. Each aortic arch divides and the
branches enter the posterior
hemibranch of the nearby gill pouch.
13. Brain is well developed.
14. Ten pairs of cranial nerves are
present
15. Paired functional eyes are
present.
16. Penial eye is present.
17. In the adult pronephros is
17. The functional adult kidney is
retamed. But the functional kidney
mesonephric type.
Is of mesonephric type and simple.
18. UrinogenitaL sinus is not seen: 18. Urinogenital sinus is formed.

19. Sexes are united -

Hermaphrodite. The anterior part of
the gonad acts as ovary & the
posterior part act Like Testis.

20. The eggs are large and covered
by cylindrical horny shell,
21. The development is direct
20. The eggs are small and are not
covered by horny shell.
21 Development is indirect.
Arnmocoetes larva occurs in the life-
history.