Question

Do Osteichthyes have claspers?

Answer 1

Osteichthyes: It is popularly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse taxonomic group of fish that have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue.

Claspers: The clasper is a male insect appendage that is used to clasp females during copulation.

1. Osteichthyes are cold-blooded vertebrates that breathe through gills and use fins for swimming.
2. Bony fishes share several distinguishing features: a skeleton of bone, scales, paired fins, one pair of gill openings, jaws, and paired nostrils.
3. It is a diverse taxonomic group of fish that have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue.
4. Claspers are not found in Osteichthyes, claspers are found in cartilaginous fish, i.e. Chondrichthyes