The term for the action a fish uses to "gasp" for air is called buccal action pumping. I am wrapping up a conservation biology degree with focus in fishery science at CSU. Here's some information:

dual pump - buccal and opercular action operating in tandem drives water in a nearly continuous unidirectional flow across the gill curtain between them

• the suction phase begins with compressed buccal and opercular cavities and closed valves
• as the buccal cavity expands, the internal oral valves open and water moves into the buccal cavity and across the gill curtain
• during the force phase, the oral valve closes and water is forced out through the opercular valve (https://www.shsu.edu/~bio_mlt/Chapter11.html)

A good image of this action can be found: https://www.pathwayz.org/Node/Image/url/aHR0cHM6Ly9pLmltZ3VyLmNvbS9yc01Kd1RNLnBuZz8y

The term for the action a fish uses to "gasp" for air is called buccal action pumping. I am wrapping up a conservation biology degree with focus in fishery science at CSU. Here's some information:

dual pump: buccal and opercular action operating in tandem drives water in a nearly continuous unidirectional flow across the gill curtain between them

• the suction phase begins with compressed buccal and opercular cavities and closed valves
• as the buccal cavity expands, the internal oral valves open and water moves into the buccal cavity and across the gill curtain
• during the force phase, the oral valve closes and water is forced out through the opercular valve

Source: https://www.shsu.edu/~bio_mlt/Chapter11.html

A good image of this action can be found  here:

The term for the action a fish uses to "gasp" for air is called buccal action pumping. I am wrapping up a conservation biology with focus in fishery science at CSU. Here's some information:

dual pump - buccal and opercular action operating in tandem drives water in a nearly continuous unidirectional flow across the gill curtain between them

• the suction phase begins with compressed buccal and opercular cavities and closed valves
• as the buccal cavity expands, the internal oral valves open and water moves into the buccal cavity and across the gill curtain
• during the force phase, the oral valve closes and water is forced out through the opercular valve (https://www.shsu.edu/~bio_mlt/Chapter11.html)

A good image of this action can be found: https://www.pathwayz.org/Node/Image/url/aHR0cHM6Ly9pLmltZ3VyLmNvbS9yc01Kd1RNLnBuZz8y

The term for the action a fish uses to "gasp" for air is called buccal action pumping. I am wrapping up a conservation biology degree with focus in fishery science at CSU. Here's some information:

dual pump - buccal and opercular action operating in tandem drives water in a nearly continuous unidirectional flow across the gill curtain between them

• the suction phase begins with compressed buccal and opercular cavities and closed valves
• as the buccal cavity expands, the internal oral valves open and water moves into the buccal cavity and across the gill curtain
• during the force phase, the oral valve closes and water is forced out through the opercular valve (https://www.shsu.edu/~bio_mlt/Chapter11.html)

A good image of this action can be found: https://www.pathwayz.org/Node/Image/url/aHR0cHM6Ly9pLmltZ3VyLmNvbS9yc01Kd1RNLnBuZz8y