There Is Evidence That Ray-Finned Fishes Evolved

question 44

Multiple Choice

There is evidence that ray-finned fishes evolved

• A) in response to a crisis that wiped out the chondrichthyans.
• B) directly from lampreys and hagfish.
• C) early in the Cambrian period.
• D) directly from lancelets.
• E) the swim bladder from a lung.

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