Foraicme na n-iasc éigiallach san bhfíleam Chordata, fofhíleam Vertebrata, is ea Agnatha (Sean-Ghréigis ἀ-yvάθος, ἀ-gnathos, "gan ghiall"), ina bhfuil na speicis seo a leanas; na cyclostomes (atá beo faoi láthair) agus na conodonts agus na n-ostracoderms (atá díofa). Is comhghrúpa é do gach veirteabrach le gialla, ar a dtugtar gnathostomes.[1]

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Tacaíonn na sonraí móilíneacha is déanaí, ó rARN [2] agus ó mtADN [3] chomh maith le sonraí sutheolaíocha,[4] go láidir leis an hipitéis gur monaifíléiteach iad na héagabaigh bheo, na cyclostomes.[5]

Bhí na héagabaigh iontaise is sine le feiceáil sa Chaimbriach, agus tá dhá ghrúpa fós le maireachtáil inniu: na loimprí agus an cailleacha, ina bhfuil thart ar 120 speiceas san iomlán. Meastar gur baill den fhofhíleam Vertebrata iad éisc éisc, mar gur chaill siad veirteabraí ina dhiaidh sin; sular tuigeadh an t-imeacht seo ó shonraí móilíneacha [2][3][6] agus forbraíochta [7], chruthaigh Linnaeus an grúpa Craniata (agus úsáidtear uaireanta é mar thuairisceoir moirfeolaíoch) chun tagairt a dhéanamh do chailleacha móide veirteabraigh. Chomh maith le heaspa giall, an tréith is mó atá ag na héagabaigh ná easpa eití péireáilte; láithreacht nótacorda i larbhaí agus in aosaigh araon; agus seacht nó níos mó scoilteanna geolbhaigh phéireáilte sholasmhothálach (homalógach don fhaireog phinéalach i mamaigh). Níl goile inaitheanta nó aon géagán ag gach éagabach beo ná an chuid is mó dóibh ata díothaithate.

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