23. Lepisosteiformes (\"banner-back forms\") (1 answer). a. possess a planar, sp

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23. Lepisosteiformes ("banner-back forms") (1 answer). a. possess a planar, spatulate rostrum b. possess numerous corporal finlets or tubercles c. possess delicate lepides (scales) d. prehend prey with acicular (needle-like) dentes e. possess a beard (barba) f. are example of Chondrostei 24. Lepisosteiformes (1 answer. a. inhabit frigid waters b. possess placoid squamae c. possess scales whose margins align with adjacent scales d. generally possess corpus whose length is briefer than 1 m e. are intensely active f. possess a dorsally positioned gaseous bladder that participates in respiration 25. Amiiformes 1 answer). a. possess a brief dorsal fin b. possess a heterocercal caudal fin c. possess a homocercal caudal pterygium d. are generally longer than 1 nm d. aliment [feed (verb)] via oral suction (aspiration) e. possess ponderous scales f. are representatives of Teleostei 26. Elopomorpha (1 answer). a. are characterized by larvae possessing macrocephali (long heads) b. are characterized by larvae possessing magnocephali (large heads) c. include tarpons, whose pelvic and dorsal fins are more derived than those of bonefishes d. such as Anguilla rostrata are anadromous (up-running) e. are bradydromous (slow-running) f. are exclusively anadromous 27. Teleostei comprehend (6.4) [2 answers]. a. Labriformes [Eupercaria ("good perches" or "right perches"), which are aquatically propelled principally by movements of the caudal pterygium (fin) b. Anguilliformes, inflexible fishes that are aquatically propelled by the flexing of the caudal peduncle and caudal fin c. Carangiformes, which locomote via restricted caudal undulations (flexures) wrasses, which aquatically propel themselves via pulsations of the pectoral fin e. Scombridae (tunas and mackerels), which are the most languid (laggard) natators (swimmers) f? trout, which locomote almost exclusively with the caudal peduncle and caudal fin

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23) d. Prehend prey with acicular (needle-like) dented

24) f. Possess a dorsally positioned gaseous bladder that function as lungs.

25)b. Possess a heterocercal caudal fin

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