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How many gills are located on each side of the Tilapia What covering protects them?
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How many gills are located on each side?
There are two gills located on each side of a perch. The Opercula is the covering that protect the gills.
How does a tilapia breathe?
Fishes breathe through gills. As a cichlidae fish, the tilapia is no exception.Tilapia breathes through gills.
How do tilapia breathe?
Tilapia is a type of fish. They breathe through their gills.
Do tilapia breathe through gills?
yes
What covering protects the gills on a fish?
That is a hard but flexible cover which, in bony fish, forms the outer wall of the gill chamber. It protects the gills and also plays a major role in the pumping mechanism that regulates the continuous flow of water over them.
Adaptations of the tilapia fish to the namibian environment?
they have got gills
What protects a gill on a fish?
the gill operculum covers and protects the gills.
What is the covering of fish?
scales and gills
Mollusks have covering their gills?
cilia
What do Mollusks have covering their gills?
ciliaTheir shell!
Function of operculum?
operculum ( plural ; operculi ) is actually gill cover or lid of a cavity having gills . its major function is to protect gills as well as to move water over gills so that gill may be able to extract oxygen from water . as this lid play an important role in moving water over gills so fishes having operculum can survive even if they are stationary . on other hand fishes lacking operculi have to move continuously to survive .all bony fishes have operculi . best example of fish having no operculum is shark.
Where are the gills located on a sea horse?
the gills are located at the back of it's head
