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I think a more nuanced answer is better: "Only if you believe mammals and fish are not mutually exclusive."
I think the even more nuanced answer is that “fish” is not a scientific category so comparing it to mammals makes no sense.
Got it , got it... writes in margin
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish
This is in contrast to the class
Mammaliawhich is a complete clade.In other words, I could make up a branch of science called
foobarthologythat studies Jurassic raptors, whales, and the Rock Dove, but that doesn’t mean those things are related, or a ‘true’ scientific group of their own. It just means I put them together for some other reason, either cause it’s easier for the requirements of the job, or I wanted to, or many other reasons including historical."Scientific group" is not the applicable term. "natural group" or "monophyletic group" or "clade", would be more... scientific
Sure, and not calling them fish is even more scientific. From a grouping perspective, (which is how you refer to it) there is no such group.
lol no. Whales are clearly not foobars.
So, fish are paraphyletic to whales?
Humans are fish
Humans living under the sea are fish.
Like people in Netherlands.
I'm flattered, honestly, that guy is my favorite treefucker.