Question

despite its name, the pacific sea horse is actually a type of fish. its horse - shaped head gives it its name. this creature lives in the pacific waters off the west coast of the americas, from peru to southern california. like many other ocean fish, sea horses face the constant challenge of losing water to their saltier environment. when the sea horse eats a meal, its body breaks down organic molecules in the food. some of those molecules enter cellular respiration, which ultimately produces the molecule atp. in which part of the sea horses cells is atp produced? lysosomes vacuoles mitochondria golgi bodies

Explanation:

ATP is produced through cellular respiration. Mitochondria are the power - houses of the cell and the main site of ATP production in eukaryotic cells like those of sea horses. Lysosomes are for digestion, vacuoles for storage, and Golgi bodies for protein modification and packaging.

Answer:

C. mitochondria