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Why jellyfish is not considered a fish?


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Jellyfish:

  1. Jellyfishes are marine invertebrates.
  2. It belongs to the class Scyphozoa and the phylum Cnidaria.
  3. Their size varies from 2 cm to 40 cm in diameter.
  4. Fishes belong to the class Pisces.
  5. Jellyfish belongs to Coelenterate.
  6. The fish's anatomy is centered around its backbone, while a jellyfish is a dome-shaped invertebrate.

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