Question

Choose the correct answers from the following given.
Ammonia is excreted by most

• A. bony fishes
• B. adult amphibians
• C. land snails
• D. insects

Answer 1

The correct option is A bony fishes

(A) The process of excreting ammonia is Ammonotelism. Many bony fishes, aquatic amphibians and aquatic insects are ammonotelic.

(B) Mammals, many terrestrial amphibians and marine fishes mainly excrete urea and are called ureotelic animals.

(C) land snails excrete nitrogenous wastes as uric acid in the form of a pellet.

(D) insects excrete nitrogenous wastes as uric acid in the form of a pellet or paste with a minimum loss of water and are called uricotelic animals.

So the correct answer is bony fishes.