Hag Fish?

[GuppyDude]

im pretty sure it was called a hag fish its a jawless fish, kinda looks like an ell a little bit. does anyone here have one? they look pretty cool can i have some info on it too?

 

[Navarre]

I have never heard of a Hag fish but there is a Hog fish species. Dont know much about them though )

 

[hyrookin]

it sounds like a hag fish, as far as I know they are a cold water fish
found in atlantic waters.

 

[ThatDarnDragon]

go to peteducation.com thats where I found out most of my info before posting on here

http/oceanlink.island.net/oinfo/hagfish/hagfish.html

and is that what you want? If so, they're ugly and scaring looking in my opinion, lol. Look at all that slime they produce!

 

[fishdudein]

Hag fish are related to lampreys, aren't they? Attach themselves to the sides of other fish and leave big wounds? If so, cool looking, but I wouldn't want one!

 

[chkltcow]

I was watching Blue Planet the other day and the "Deep Ocean" episode had something about hagfish. They're deepwater/coldwater scavengers with a cartilage skeleton. They don't have a jaw.... just a sucker mouth with little "tooth" disks. They suck onto the flesh of a dead fish and twist to rasp it off the flesh..... or at times with its flexible skeleton, tie itself in knots and use their body for leverage to pull off chunks.

Fascinating critters, for sure.... but nothing I'd want to keep

 

[Def]

That's on the carcass of that whale, isn't it? Such a cool series... And I don't think you can keep them in a tank

 

[chkltcow]

That's on the carcass of that whale, isn't it? Such a cool series... And I don't think you can keep them in a tank

Aye... absolutely AMAZING series. It's great to see things that we would never get to see otherwise, especially in an aquarium. "Seasonal Seas" and "The Deep" have been my favorites..... and hagfish have been mentioned in at least two episodes I think.

 

[Opcn]

You need at least 55 gallon cold waterbut bigger is deffinitly preferable being able only to feed on select parts of fish they would need a constant supply of dead or weak fish and a great clean up crew. I suggest you not get any, seeing as how they are super slimy and ugly as sin.

 

[Navarre]

If im correct in thinking, these fish are quite deep water fish. Placing them in a home tank would cause problems with their swim bladders for sure. I had a pair of wattanabaae angels that are considered deeper reef dwelling fish and my male died simply because it cold not adjust to the different water pressure placed upon it. My female still has problems every now and they but so far she has managed to overcome this problem.