History of Fish

	Revision 6 . . (edit) April 5, 2001 11:10 am by Josh Grosse [See animal/talk]
	Revision 4 . . April 4, 2001 7:09 am by Lee Daniel Crocker
	Revision 3 . . April 4, 2001 7:04 am by TimShell [*Jawless fish?]

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# A cold-blooded water-dwelling vertebrate? of the superclass Pisces, specifically "bony" fish of class Osteichthyes and "cartilaginous" fish of class Chondrichthyes. May also be used in a broader sense to refer to other water-dwelling creatures such as jellyfish or cuttlefish, and even aquatic mammals that resemble piceans such as whales and dolphin?s (especially in English texts that predate modern biology). - When I took zoology agnatha was a class of jawless fish: hagfish, lampreys. Have they been reclassifed? # The flesh of a fish (in sense 1) used for food. May also include the flesh of other water-dwelling animals such as mollusk?s or crustacean?s (commonly called shellfish). # (As a verb) To attempt to catch fish (in sense 1) for the purpose of food or sport.

* A cold-blooded water-dwelling vertebrate? with gills, specifically "bony" fish of class Osteichthyes, "cartilaginous" fish of class Chondrichthyes, as well as various groups of "jawless" fish. Other aquatic animals like jellyfish and cuttlefish are not truly fish. * The flesh of a fish (in the primary sense above) used for food. May also include the flesh of other water-dwelling animals such as mollusk?s or crustacean?s (commonly called shellfish). * (As a verb) To attempt to catch fish for the purpose of food or sport.