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Q: What things do fishes have that may be considered vestigial?
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What best describes vestigial structures?

They may have had an important function in the past.


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Usually fish is both singular or plural. Look at the fish. How many fish are in the pond?But, to complicate things, fishes is sometimes used. Ichthyologists may refer to different species as fishes. But I would stick to fish.


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Any structure that is reduced in function in a living organism but may have been used in an ancestor is known as a vestigial structure?

vestigial organ is for example"appendix"in human beings.another example is the"tail bone"in human beings.


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I believe you mean the fishes mucoprotective slime coat. It is there to protect the fish from things (bugs/chemicals/etc etc) in the water that may damage it.


What does vestigial structure describe?

They may have had an important function in the past.


What is an example of a vestigial structures?

A vestigial structure is part of an organism's anatomy that functioned in an ancestral species, but which is no longer present in the same size and does not serve the same purpose. In some instances, it is completely redundant. Examples of vestigial structures are the tailbone of a koala and the leg bone in a baleen whale. The appendix in a human being is often thought to be a vestigial structure, but recent research indicates the appendix may still perform a very useful purpose in the immune system.


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How many babies does it usually have?

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What will happen if the plankton population decrease in this ocean system?

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