Question

The fishes have lungs for respiration - State whether the statement is True or False? Justify your answer.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

Gills:

1. Fishes have gills as the respiratory system.
2. They take in oxygen-rich water through their mouths and pump it over their gills.
3. Blood present inside the network of capillaries is picked up by the dissolved oxygen as water passes over the gill filaments.
4. The circulatory system then helps to transport the oxygen to different body tissues and to the cells.
5. The fishes breathe through the gills. The lungs are absent in fishes.

Final answer: The given statement is false.