Why do bony fish actively take up salts through the gills during osmoregulation?

Why do bony fish actively take up salts through the gills during osmoregulation?

Bony fish are fresh water fresh water organisms whose internal environment is hypertonic c and the surrounding water has little salts. Salts are actively taken up from the external medium to counteract the diluting effect of the inflowing water by osmosis.

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