NEET NEET SOLVED PAPER 2015 (Re)

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    A jawless fish, which lays eggs in fresh water and whose ammocoetes larvae after metamorphosis return to the ocean is                                                                                                                                                            

    A)  Eptatretus                         

    B)  Myxine               

    C)                         Neomyxine        

    D)         Petromyzon

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Petromyzon (the lamprey) belongs to the section Agnatha of the sub-phylum-Vertebrata. They have long, greenish brown, cylindrical body with smooth scale less, slimy skin, jawless mouth, etc. They lay eggs in freshwater but their ammocoete larvae (lower) after metamorphosis return to the ocean.


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