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what is the direction of blood flow in relation to the direction of water flow over the gills

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To be efficient, a fish applies the counter-current principle, i.e. the most oxygen-poor blood will extract the remaining oxygen from the most "stale" part of the water stream.
Does that tell you which is the direction of blood flow?

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