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OR
What ARE fish?
Le mot juste
(the exact word)
Etymology
Old English fisc: denoting any animal living exclusively in water
Carl Linneaus
Rank-based Codes
Linnaean Characteristics
- Heart: 1 auricle, 1 ventricle. Cold, dark red blood
- Gills: external
- Jaw: incumbent
- Eggs: without whites
- Organs of Sense: tongue, nostrils?, eyes, ears
- Covering: imbricate scales
- Supports: fins. Swims in the Water & Smacks.
Lamprey have no scales!
Lungfish don't live in the water!
Cladistics
Any clade containing all fish also contains the tetrapods, which are not fish
From UC Berkeley
All fishes have a brain protected by a braincase and an obvious head region with eyes, teeth, and other sensory organs
Most fishes
- are vertebrates with vertebrae protecting the spinal cord
- live in water
- breathe primarily with gills rather than lungs
- have paired limbs, in the form of fins that aid in locomotion
- are unable to regulate their own internal body temperatures
- are covered with scales that protect their bodies
All human classification systems are based on vibes and that's okay