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The 12 pages that link to Hagfish, each with the reason it gives.

• VertebrateBroader topic: Its anatomy illustrates why vertebrate classification includes evolutionary derivatives of a column.

• TeleostCompared with: Their jawless anatomy contrasts with the movable jaws characteristic of teleosts.

• OperculumCompared with: Hagfish lack the bony opercular flap found in most bony fishes.

• ChordateBroader topic: Hagfish illustrate the diversity of axial support among living chordates.

• LampreyRelated: Hagfishes are lampreys’ closest living relatives among jawless vertebrates.

• Jawless fishBroader topic: Hagfish are the other living jawless group and differ markedly from lampreys.

• AgnathaBroader topic: Hagfishes are living jawless vertebrates whose placement has shaped debates about Agnatha.

• AnguilliformesCompared with: Their elongated bodies resemble eels, but their anatomy and evolutionary placement differ.

• LoachCompared with: Their eel-like bodies can invite comparison with loaches, but hagfish are jawless marine vertebrates.

• Evolution of fishBroader topic: Hagfish anatomy complicates simple accounts of the earliest vertebrate branches.

• AnaspidaCompared with: Hagfish provide another living jawless comparison, distinct from anaspid fossils.

• CyclostomiBroader topic: Hagfishes are one of the two living lineages included in Cyclostomi.