Blog note: Fish pass most waste through a single opening, similar to the cloaca. Ammonia, however, has a separate process, thus: “Ammonia. Ammonia is formed from the metabolism of protein and is the major waste product of fish. The majority of ammonia from fish is excreted through the gills, with relatively little being lost through urine and feces.”
More things that you never really wanted to know, from the questions posed in Frog Blog!
Blog note: Fish pass most waste through a single opening, similar to the cloaca. Ammonia, however, has a separate process, thus: “Ammonia. Ammonia is formed from the metabolism of protein and is the major waste product of fish. The majority of ammonia from fish is excreted through the gills, with relatively little being lost through urine and feces.”
More things that you never really wanted to know, from the questions posed in Frog Blog!