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Also Known As	Myxini • slime eel

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Illustration of a Myxine, or hagfish, showing its long, slender, eel-like body with smooth skin. A scale bar below indicates length in centimeters and inches for size reference.

Observe the hagfish's horny teeth and scaleless exterior covering a cartilaginous skeleton

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Myxiniformes Myxinidae Eptatretidae Myxine glutinosa fish eel lungfish shark sturgeon salmon ray seahorse tuna catfish mackerel

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