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Fish open and close their mouths to breathe, eat, and communicate. Gill slits are openings on the sides of the fish's head that enable water to pass over the gills, where oxygen is absorbed and carbon dioxide is released. This process is essential for respiration in fish, allowing them to extract oxygen from water to survive.
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How many bones does a perch have?
A perch is a fish, and all fish are vertebrates. If you were to take any vertebrate and split it straight down from the spine, both halves would be identical (excluding color patterns such as spots). Therefor, all vertebrates, including perch, have bilateral symmetry.
What has snakelike tentacles around its mouth?
A catfish has snakelike tentacles around its mouth. This is how the catfish is able to scoop up food off the bottom of the lake. A bullhead fish is a relative to the catfish and also has snakelike tentacles around the mouth.
What matamata adaptations helped it survive?
The matamata turtle has a specialized carapace, or shell, that allows it to blend in with its muddy surroundings and ambush prey. Its unique protruding head with fringed flaps around the neck assists in camouflaging and capturing prey. Additionally, the matamata's long neck and vacuum-like mouth provide a successful feeding strategy in its environment.
Oak is to trout as tree is to?
fish.
How many cells do fish?
99 million
Could a fish survive if it could not open its mouth?
depends on the fish but the majority of bony fish pump water over their gills by opening and closing their mouth when at rest
If a goldfish opens its mouth it's happy?
No It Is A Natural Action Of A Gold Fish Though If He Is Opening and closing Rapidly It May Be That He Is Worried
What if your goldfish is hyperventilating what do you do?
You mean when its mouth is opening and closing fast?If he does that, make sure you have a water filter in your tank (and its working). Fish don't hyperventilate. It means he needs oxygen in the water or fresh, new, clean water.
Oscar fish keeps opening then snapping his mouth closed what is he doing?
Breathing.
What allows a shark to breathe without opening its mouth?
Sharks are fish and breathe through their gills.
How does a yellow perch breathe?
Circle the ones that are bolded.The process begins by water in the fish's surrounding entering its mouth's. Water enters the mouth by a very effective pumping system that involves the mouth and the outer flexible bony flap that cover the gills called the operculum. This is achieved by the opening and closing of the fish's mouth as it pumps water through the gills. When the fish's mouth is open, the operculum closes and water is drawn into the fish's mouth. Conversely, when the fish closes its mouth, the operculum opens and fresh water is then allowed to flow across the gills.By: Matthew Christensen
What is the singular possessive noun for the mouth of the fish?
The singular possessive noun for the mouth of a fish is fish's mouth.
Do flying foxes have an anus?
Nideria and star fish. Star fish poops out of its mouth.
Could a fish survive without opening and closing there mouths?
No. If they didn't open and close their mouths, water couldn't flow through their body, and then out their gills. Thus, they wouldn't survive.
Is scallop a skin or scale fish?
An edible bivalve mollusk (family Pectinidae) with a ribbed fan-shaped shell. Scallops swim by rapidly opening and closing the shell valves.
Where is a bony fish's mouth?
a bony fish's mouth is at the front of the body.
If a fish breaks a fishing line will the hook stay in the fishs mouth?
It depends on the situation. If the fish breaks the fishing line close to the hook, then the hook may stay in the fish's mouth. However, if the line breaks farther away from the fish, then the hook may come loose or fall out.
