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NEET 2015
Exam
NEET
Year
2015
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Animal Kingdom

NEET 2015 · Botany · Animal Kingdom

A jawless fish, which lays eggs in freshwater and whose larvae...

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

Options

  1. ARohu
  2. BNeomyxine
  3. CPetromyzon
  4. DEptatretus

Correct answer

C. Petromyzon

Step-by-step solution

Petromyzon (Lamprey) is a migratory marine water jawless fish which shows anadromous migration. It spawns in freshwater, stops feeding and dies. Its larva (ammocoetes) after metamorphosis will return to the ocean.
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