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[–] grue@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Of course there's such a thing as a fish! A fish is any swimming vertebrate (or its descendant), such as a tuna, or a duck, or a human.

You believe in cladistics or you don't, cowards!

[–] runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Being cold blooded and living "wholly in water" are also requirements.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Nah, phylogenetically speaking, all descendants of fish must also be fish, by definition. Therefore, "being cold blooded" cannot also be a criterion (not that it would work anyway since tuna are warm blooded, BTW, and nobody would argue tuna aren't fish).

The "living wholly in water" criterion actually works, though: land-fish (e.g. humans) live inside a bag of water that we carry with us.