In your zoology class, you are given a model of a coelacanth to study. As a lobe-finned fish, this coelacanth is distinctly different from a ray-finned fish. Noting these differences, what do you expect a coelacanth might be able to do that a ray finned fish could not? Check all that apply. Check All That Apply a. support its body weight with fins b. open its mouth unexpectedly wide c. open its mouth unexpectedly wide d. release oil from its swim bladder e. possess lungs f. be excluded from ancestry of land-dwelling vertebrates

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Alexander Strickland

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28 April, 01:43

In your zoology class, you are given a model of a coelacanth to study. As a lobe-finned fish, this coelacanth is distinctly different from a ray-finned fish. Noting these differences, what do you expect a coelacanth might be able to do that a ray finned fish could not? Check all that apply. Check All That Apply a. support its body weight with fins b. open its mouth unexpectedly wide c. open its mouth unexpectedly wide d. release oil from its swim bladder e. possess lungs f. be excluded from ancestry of land-dwelling vertebrates

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Karen Lucero · Answer 1

Answer:E & A

Explanation:The lung fish also posses gills and lungs for respiration unlike the ray gun that has just gills

and they posses 2dorsal fins compared to ray-finned fish that posses just one dorsal fin pectoral and pelvic fins are jointed together resembling that of tetrapodes which resembles that of land vertebrate (amphibians).

All loved finned fish posses true teeth and enamel unlike the ray finned fish. E. g is the coelacanth for lobed fin fish