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Placoid scales are found in

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Reptiles
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Bony fishes
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Cartilaginous fishes
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Amphibians
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Solution

The correct option is C Cartilaginous fishes
  • Reptiles have epidermal scales.
  • Fishes have dermal scales. Cartilaginous fishes characteristically have placoid scales, whereas bony fishes have ctenoid and cycloid scales.
  • Amphibians generally do not have scales.

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