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Because they have fins and not legs. And they breathe water and not air.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoPart of the basic definition of the word "fish" is that it lives in water.
"A limbless cold-blooded vertebrate animal with gills and fins that lives wholly or partly in water"
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What is a freshwter fish?
A freshwater fish is a fish that lives in rivers, lakes, ponds, or streams. In other words, a fish that lives in water that has no salt in it.
What kind of habitat does an anchovy live in?
An anchovy is a fish, so it lives in water. Specifically, it lives in the sea, a salt water environment.
What type of fish lives in the middle of the sea?
Yes, and at various levels, depending on the species in question.
What kind of fish lives by the delta fresh water fish or salt water fish?
Both kinds of fish can live in a delta area. The line between salt water fish and fresh water fish seems to be getting blurrier. Sharks and other typically salt water fish are found many miles up stream in rivers that empty into the ocean. It appears that salt water fish adapt better than fresh water fish as the fish found in fresh water are not found out at sea.
What happens if you put a fish in cold water?
If it's a fish that naturally lives in cold water, it should be fine. If it's used to warmer water, it can die.
What is a freshwter fish?
A freshwater fish is a fish that lives in rivers, lakes, ponds, or streams. In other words, a fish that lives in water that has no salt in it.
Does fish live in fresh water or salt water?
It depends on the type of fish. If it is a saltwater fish than it lives in salt water, but if it is a fresh water fish than it lives in freshwater.
What kind of fish live in water?
all fish lives in water
What lives in salt water?
fish
Comperison between fish and frog-adaptation?
fish:fish lives in a water but frog cannot lives in water why because fish cannot live with water
Can you boil a fish that lives in 700 degree water such a fish that lives in a habitat where the water is 700 degrees?
If you could find a fish that lives in 700 degree water, don't cook it--it would be worth a great deal of money.
Is viperfish a salt water fish or fresh water fish?
It lives in the ocean depths.
You are asking about fresh water fish and if the fish are male or females?
yes what are the fresh water fish that lives with gold fish
Is a stingray a bony fish?
a black stingray is a fish.
Is water in all fish ponds salty?
Well it depends on the fish. If it is a fresh water fish then it lives in fresh water, salt water fish live in salt water.
Fish that live out of water?
The only fish species that i know of that lives out of water is the dead kind.
What is snowcod?
a fish that lives in cold water
