Answer to Question #202379 in Zoology for Emmanuel

Question

4.Fisheries scientists believe that the presence of agnatha in the Gulf of

Guinea would be of major consequence to fish populations.Explain the

aspect of the biology of the agnatha that you think can lead to this

undesirable consequence.

Answer 1

Is a superclass of jawless fish in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, consisting of both present (cyclostomes) and extinct (conodonts and ostracoderms) species. The group is sister to all vertebrates with jaws, known as gnathostomes.