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minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 day agothey also arnt EELs, they are a type of knifefish, which are a sister clade to CATFISH, which also can produce electricity in some species.
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·1 day agoyes they do, but not as a useful, well defined category in biology.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoit’s a morphological category, not cladistic. Like how “tree” is any plant with a thick robust trunk and branchy crown.
they also arnt EELs, they are a type of knifefish, which are a sister clade to CATFISH, which also can produce electricity in some species.
And fish don’t even exist.
yes they do, but not as a useful, well defined category in biology.
it’s a morphological category, not cladistic.
Like how “tree” is any plant with a thick robust trunk and branchy crown.