How are sharks and lampreys similar?
Both have an open circulatory system.
Both have a swim bladder.
Both have a cartilaginous skeleton.
Both are covered in scales.

The fish shown above is a tarpon. it is a fast-swimming and powerful open-water fish. its closest relatives, oddly, are burrow-dwelling conger eels that stay on the bottom. both eels and tarpon developed from snake-like larvae that float in the plankton during the first stages of life. once they mature, tarpon and eels are not found near one another in the ocean. the tarpon and the eel illustrate all of the following except