fish, breathing, lungs

From: Pieter Arend Folkens (animalbytes@earthlink.net)
Date: Sun Nov 10 2002 - 22:45:57 EST

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    >what fish can hold their breath longest under water with lungs?

    That is a trick question to be sure. Fish do not have lungs! (And
    they do not 'hold their breath.')

    If the question were changed to "what marine mammal can hold . . ."
    you'd be considering the elephant seal (especially the southern
    elephant seal), and the beaked whales in the genus Berardius. Sperm
    whales are good at it too.

    Cheers,

    Pieter Folkens
    Alaska Whale Foundation
    National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World 

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