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    How Do Fish

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    Fish breathe through gills located under the operculum or gill slits. Gills are feathery organs with blood vessels that extract oxygen from water as it passes over them. Most fish have four pairs of gills, while sharks can have up to seven pairs. Dolphins and whales are mammals that surface to breathe air through lungs, not gills like fish.

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    Fish breathe through gills located under the operculum or gill slits. Gills are feathery organs with blood vessels that extract oxygen from water as it passes over them. Most fish have four pairs of gills, while sharks can have up to seven pairs. Dolphins and whales are mammals that surface to breathe air through lungs, not gills like fish.

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    Fish breathe through gills located under the operculum or gill slits. Gills are feathery organs with blood vessels that extract oxygen from water as it passes over them. Most fish have four pairs of gills, while sharks can have up to seven pairs. Dolphins and whales are mammals that surface to breathe air through lungs, not gills like fish.

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    How Do Fish...BREATHE?

    Fish breathe with their gills, and they need a constant supply of oxygen. Gills sit under
    the operculum. This is called the gill slit. Many fish have four pairs of gills, while sharks
    may have up to seven. You can learn more in Learn About Texas Freshwater Fishes.

      

    T he air-breathing lungs of mammals, including humans, must be dry


    and empty of fluids to work properly. When we take a breath, tiny air
    sacs in our lungs pull oxygen out of the air and carry it to our bodies'
    cells.

    The lungs of mammals would not work very well for a fish, because
    one breath underwater would fill them with fluid and make them
    useless. Nonetheless, fish need oxygen to breathe, too. In order to
    remove oxygen from the water, they rely on special organs called
    "gills."
    Gills are feathery organs full of blood vessels. A fish breathes by
    taking water into its mouth and forcing it out through the gill passages.
    As water passes over the thin walls of the
    gills, dissolved oxygen moves into the blood and travels to the fish's
    cells.

    If fish can breathe underwater, then why do some fish, like dolphins
    and whales, swim to the surface of the ocean? Because dolphins and
    whales aren't fish at all! They are mammals, just like humans.

    Dolphins and whales are similar to humans in many ways: They give
    birth to live babies instead of laying eggs, are warm-blooded and have
    lungs for breathing air. When a whale or dolphin surfaces, it breathes
    air through its nose (commonly called a "blowhole") on the top of its
    head.

    Fish facts:
     There are more species of fish than all the species of amphibians, reptiles, birds
    and mammals combined.
     Fish have been on the earth for more than 450 million years.
     The largest fish is the great whale shark, which can reach 50 feet in length.

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