When deep-sea fishes are pulled quickly to the surface, they often emerge with their swim bladders protruding from their mouths. a
Why does this happen and what does it tell you about whether these deep-sea fishes are physoclistous or physostomous? b. Why could you have figured out whether deep-sea fishes are physostomous or physoclistous simply by considering how air enters the swim bladder of a physostomous fish?
When the fishes are pulled rapidly to the surface, the pressure on their swim bladders decreases faster than they can adjust the volume of the bladder because deep-sea fishes are physoclistous.
Physostomous fishes gulp air into their swim bladders, but deep-sea fishes live far below the surface where there is no air to gulp.
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