Biology PYQ 118 of 399 · Animal Kingdom, Morphology & Classification

After bringing out of water fishes die, because-

  1. AThey get excess quantity of oxygen
  2. BTheir body temperature increases
  3. CThey can not breathe
  4. DThey can not move in water

39th BPSC Prelims 1994

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Correct answer: (c) They can not breathe

Explanation

Fish breathe through gills, which take in oxygen dissolved in water.

Out of water, the gill filaments collapse and dry, so the fish cannot take in oxygen from the air and suffocates.

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