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Match: - Cladogram: use each number once only. _____ = Bony fish that have elasm

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Question

Match: - Cladogram: use each number once only.

_____ = Bony fish that have elasmoid scales                         _____ = Cephalochordate

_____ = Cartilaginous fish that has placoid scales                 _____ = This fish has ganoid scales

_____ = Gnathostomata                                                         _____ = Sarcopterygii

_____ = Lacks jaws and has horny teeth                                _____ = Vertebrata

_____ =Lobe-finned fish with cosmoid scales

_____ = Osteichthyes

_____ = Ray-finned fish

_____ = This tetrapod has parotoid glands

Explanation / Answer

coelacanths = Bony fish that have elasmoid scales  

lancelet = Cephalochordate

shark and rays = Cartilaginous fish that has placoid scales  

gars and sturgeons = This fish has ganoid scales

Jawed vertebrates = Gnathostomata

Lobe-finned fishes =  Sarcopterygii

cyclostomata = Lacks jaws and has horny teeth

mammals, fish, reptiles, aves amphibians = Vertebrata

lung fish =  Lobe-finned fish with cosmoid scales

bony fish = Osteichthyes

Actinopterygii = Ray-finned fish

toads = This tetrapod has parotoid glands