#hagfish__slime_eels eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
supertype: jawless_vertebrate__jawlessvertebrate__jawless_fish__jawlessfish__agnathan eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms
subtype: Myxine_glutinosa eptatretus Myxinikela_siroka
member of: family_Myxinidae__Myxinidae slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes
member of: order_Cyclostomata__Cyclostomata primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys; hagfishes
member of: superclass_Agnatha__Agnatha superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms
member of: subphylum_Vertebrata__Vertebrata__Craniata__subphylum_Craniata fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
member of: phylum_Chordata__Chordata comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord
member of: kingdom_Animalia__Animalia__animal_kingdom taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
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