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FISHES

General Information
They are vertebrates and found in salty, fresh,
cold or even hot water.
Can lay eggs or give birth to live young.
Cold bloodied because their body temperature
changes when environment temperature
changes.

Classifications
Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Classes

Agnatha
Chondrichytes
Osteichytes

Agnatha
A superclass of jawless fish in the phylum
Chordata.
Examples are:

Lamprey

Hag Fish

Example of Agnatha
Lampreys- They are parasites, have tooth-like
structures in their mouth that can attach to
bodies of other fishes and feed on their tissues
and blood.

Example of Agnatha

A photo of a large lamprey


caught on a lake in New Jersey
U.S.A

Example of Agnatha
Hag Fish - Wormlike and use a toothlike tongue
to eat dead organisms. They produces slime.

Example of Agnatha
Hag Fish - Wormlike and use a toothlike tongue
to eat dead organisms. They produces slime.

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