Question

After an ocean fishing trip, you return with a species that you have not encountered before. Your curiosity will not allow you to dismiss your catch without proper identification. Your fishing buddy argues that this is just another species of bony fish. Upon dissection, you conclude that it belongs with a taxonomic grouping that includes the sharks. What observed feature of your catch would lead you to such a conclusion?

Answer 1

Answer:

Sharks belongs to the class chondrichthyes,along with rays and skates.

They are cartilaginous fishes with strong jaws that are lined with teeths.their head is bluntly shaped the body is spindle shaped.they posssess pair fins and heterocercal tails.their pelvic fins in males are modified to form claspers used for copulation.