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

Option: 1

Myxine


Option: 2

Neomyxine


Option: 3

Petromyzon


Option: 4

Eptatretus


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As we learnt in

Class Cyclostomata -

All are ectoparasites on some fishes. Mouth is circular and jawless. Head and brain poorly developed.

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Eg. Petromyzon, Myxine.

 

 

Petromyzon(the lamprey) belongs to the section Agnatha of the sub-phylum-Vertebrata. They have long, greenish brown, cylindrical body with smooth scaleless, 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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