AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Most fish are oviparous, although ovoviparity and viviparity are also well represented. Parental care may occur in oviparous fishes but is quite variable, with many fishes scattering eggs and displaying no care whatsoever for offspring.

Detailed explanation-2: -Among the 25.000 species of teleost fishes, approximately 500 fish species are viviparous.

Detailed explanation-3: -Approximately 90% of bony and 43% of cartilaginous fish are oviparous (See Types of Fish). In oviparous fish, females spawn eggs into the water column, which are then fertilized by males. For most oviparous fish, the eggs take less energy to produce so the females release large quantities of eggs.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some examples of ovoviviparous animals are sharks, rays, snakes, fishes, and insects. Oviparity is different from ovoviviparity in a way that the eggs in oviparity may or may not undergo internal fertilization but are laid and depend on the yolk sac to get nourished till the time they hatch.

Detailed explanation-5: -Oviparous animals lay eggs covered with hard shells to produce young ones. Ovoviviparous animals produce eggs and keep them inside the mother’s body until the fetus develops completely and is ready to hatch. On the other hand, viviparous animals directly give birth to young ones.