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Do fish have blood?


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Fish:

  1. Fish are scaly-skinned vertebrates that swim in the water and breathe through gills.
  2. Fish have blood and it is red in color.
  3. fish have a red pigment called hemoglobin that is responsible for the red color.
  4. Similar to humans, fish have a circulatory system with blood and a heart that acts as a pump
  5. A fish's whole body weight is around 10% of its blood.
  6. Fish use hemoglobin in their erythrocytes to transport oxygen from their gills or lungs into their tissues and organs via their circulatory system, which consists of heart-pumping blood flowing through arteries and veins.,this means that fish have blood.

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