Question

The term "fish" describes a monophyletic group of animals. a. True b. False

Answer 1

The statement above is FALSE.
Fishes are PARAPHYLETIC group of animals. Fishes are considered to be paraphyletic because it does not contain an ancestor for all its descendants. A group is said to be paraphyletic if it consists of the group's last common ancestor and all descendants of that ancestor excluding a few monophyletic group. The group is described as paraphyletic in relation to the excluded group.<span />

Answer 2

This is; 

b. False 

Fish are a paraphyletic group. They are not monophyletic.