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Why do fish need gills?
Fish need gills to extract oxygen from water in order to breathe. Gills are specialized structures that contain blood vessels where gas exchange takes place, allowing fish to obtain the oxygen they need to survive. Without gills, fish would not be able to extract oxygen from water efficiently.
Why does a fish need a gill?
A fish breathes through its gills.
What do fish have that whales don't?
One thing that fish have that whales do not have are gills. Fish need gills to breathe, but whales have a blowhole because they are mammals.
Fish have this instead of lungs?
Fish Use Gills Instead of lungs. Gills Help fish to Breath. Fish Use Gills Instead of lungs. Gills Help fish to Breath.
Do fish live because they have gills?
well fish need their gills so they can breathe so i guess they do live off their gills because they breathe thru the ills hope this helps
What is an adaptation common to all species of fish?
An adaption fish need to survive are gills.
Do fishes need gills to breathe in water?
Just as you need lungs to take in Oxegen and breath out Carbon Dioxide so fish need gills
Do hag fish have gills?
all fish have gills
What do fish use to breathe?
Fish breathe through their gills. There are usually gills on either side of the pharynx. Gills have thread-like structures (filaments). These filaments exchange the oxygen and carbon dioxide.
Do fish need to breahe under water?
Fish process the oxygen in the water through their gills. They suck in water and as they push the water out of their gills, the gills retain the air. This is why fish tank require pumps; to circulate the water and create oxygen.
Do fish need air?
They need oxygen definitely to survive. They get this from filtration through their gills. As far as light is concerned, they do not need light to survive as many live below the layer in the ocean that light can permeate. There are fish that lice in total darkness. They have adapted over the years to exist in these conditions.
Do fighter fish have gills?
yes all fish have gills.
