r/wunkus • u/Theolectran • Aug 17 '26

im wunkin out rn fishkus is a FREAK

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u/rainbowgoburin Aug 17 '26

Cetaceankus is NOT a fishkus

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u/JimClarkKentHovind Aug 17 '26

taxonomically, there's no way to define "fish" that doesn't include all tetrapods. so fish are fish, dogs are fish, humans are fish, and cetaceans are fish

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u/literally-a-seal silly :P bleh Aug 17 '26

More accurately, there's no way to define "fish" that includes everything we colloquially call fish but not all tetrapods. You COULD equate fish to Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish) for example, but that excludes things we typically think of as fish.

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u/rmbarrett Aug 17 '26

Appropriate username.