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Fresh water fish have the same osmoregulatory mechanisms as the marine fish.

a. True
b. False

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False

Step-by-step explanation:

The osmoregulatory mechanisms in fishes are the gills, In freshwater, the gills pump in sodium ions, but in the ocean, they need to pump sodium and chloride ions out; to keep the osmoregulation.

The marine fishes gills have a particular type of cells called chloride cells. The membrane of these cells has a sodium and potassium pump that regulates the amount of sodium and potassium that comes and goes inside the cell.

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