You Have a Taken a Summer Job Working as a Field

question 5

Multiple Choice

You have a taken a summer job working as a field technician for a biological exploration in the Arctic. During the course of the summer, the expedition leaders become very excited about the discovery of a fish skeleton that shows bones extending out from the vertebral column that appear as small appendages. From your biology coursework, you realize that this fish would be classified as a ____.

• A)hagfish
• B)stingray
• C)shark
• D)ray-finned fish
• E)lobe-finned fish

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