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Jawless fishes powerpoint
- 2. • long, eel-like bodies
• lack paired fins
• cartilage endoskeleton
• gill slits with no operculum
(covering)
- 3. • no jaws
• circular mouths – cannot close
• sharp teeth
• rasping tongue – tears hole in
prey and sucks out blood and
body fluids
- 4. • less than 50 species
• most primitive fish
• skin sold as “eelskin” leather