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Q: What effect does osmosis have on freshwater fishes?
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What helps a fish to excrete waste?

Yes freshwater fishes just like most fishes have excretory systems. In freshwater animals their body fluids are more concentrated than their surroundings, so their waste can easily gained by osmosis and kidneys produce dilute urine for excretion. So yeah........... freshwater fishes have excretory systems


How does the function of kidneys in saltwater fishes differ from their function in freshwater fishes?

Blood wastes are filtered by the kidneys. Saltwater fish lose water because of osmosis. Their kidneys return water to the body. The reverse happens in freshwater fish: they to gain water osmotically. Their kidneys produce dilute urine for excretion.


What has the author John F Scarola written?

John F. Scarola has written: 'Freshwater fishes of New Hampshire' -- subject(s): Fishes, Freshwater fishes


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What kinds of fish does the Philippines have?

The Philippines has 308 species of freshwater fishes, and more than a thousand species of marine fishes. Click on the Related Link below for a list of freshwater fishes in the Philippines.


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What has the author H K Larson written?

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What are the freshwater fishes that are suitable for cultivation?

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