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What is the gill covering of bony fish?
The flap of tissue that covers a bony fish gill is the bony operculum.
What is found under the operculum in a fish?
The gills of a fish.
What type of fin is located behind the operculum on a perch fish?
The fin located behind the operculum on a perch fish is the Pectural Fins (paired).
Do cartilaginous fish have operculum?
Jawless fish are cartilaginous, but they do not have jaws. Class Chondrichthyes, which contains most cartilaginous fish, like sharks, have powerful jaws.
The protective bony cover over the gill slit from which water is pumped out of a fish's body is called?
This is called the operculum
Where is the operculum in a perch?
The operculum of a perch, or any bony fish, is located behind the jaw and face, just in front of the pectoral fin.
How does the operculum of the fish moves?
It opens and closes like its breathing.
What protects a gill on a fish?
the gill operculum covers and protects the gills.
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.
A structure used by fish and some other animals to bathe in water?
OPERCULUM
What is the hard plate that opens at the posterior end to cover and project gills of fish?
OPERCULUM
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.
