gill
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Their gill arch system forms a funnel that is widest at the mouth and narrows toward the gullet.
From Science Daily • Dec. 22, 2025
Instead of having gill covers like most other fish, moral eels breathe by opening and closing their mouths, appearing as if they’re gasping for breath.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024
NRW said Samuel deliberately used a large spinning bait with a barbed treble hook, and when the fish was examined by the officer the lure was still lodged deep in its throat and gill rackers.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024
But by the time the video footage begins, the underdog octopus had already asserted its toughness, blocking off the eel’s eyes and stuffing arms into its mouth and out the gill hole.
From New York Times • May 17, 2024
The blue sharks were smaller, usually no more than four or five feet long, and the most attractive, sleek and slender, with small mouths and discreet gill slits.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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