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A jawless fish, which lays eggs in freshwater and whose larvae after metamorphosis return to the ocean is
BiologyAnimal KingdomNEETNEET 2015 (Phase 2)
Options:
  • A Rohu
  • B Neomyxine
  • C Petromyzon
  • D Eptatretus
Solution:
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The correct answer is: Petromyzon
Petromyzon (Lamprey) is a migratory marine water jawless fish which shows anadromous migration. It spawns in freshwater, stops feeding and dies. Its larva (ammocoetes) after metamorphosis will return to the ocean.

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