176. Select the set of fishes which belong to the class Osteichthyes

(A)Saw fish, Fighting fish and Dog fish
(B)Devil fish, Cuttlefish and Hagfish
(C)Starfish, Hagfish and Cuttlefish
(D)Flying fish, Angel fish and Fighting fish

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

Examples: Marine – *Exocoetus* (Flying fish), *Hippocampus* (Sea horse); Freshwater – *Labeo* (Rohu), *Catla* (Katla), *Clarias* (Magur); Aquarium – *Betta* (Fighting fish), *Pterophyllum* (Angel fish).

Chapter: Animal Kingdom
Section: 4.2.11 Phylum – Chordata
Page: 11
Words matched: 22 of 22

The answer appears as a continuous sentence in NCERT. This is that sentence.

How this line gives the answer

0, emb=1.0, combined=0.6). Verified: high — The span explicitly lists Exocoetus (Flying fish), Betta (Fighting fish), and Pterophyllum (Angel fish) as examples of Osteichthyes, which directly matches option D.

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