Did you know that some fish like the Siamese fighting fish can drown if they do not have access to air at the surface? The labyrinth fishes, catfishes and lung fishes are just some of the common air-breathing fishes. They have developed this adaptation to allow them to live in waters that carry little dissolved oxygen.
Did you know fish can drown?
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