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Sharks are fish: they have gills and swim in the sea and are cold-blooded. This means they are closer to reptiles than to mammals. But there are marine mammals such as dolphins and orcas that superficially resemble sharks.

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Neither. Sharks are fish. They are in the same family as Rays. They have skeletons made up of cartilage (excluding the jaws and teeth).

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Both. Fish is a subset of the group animals.

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Neither.

Sharks are fish, cartilagenous fish.

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