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Jellifish and fish are animals evolved from different ancestors. While jellifish belong to phylum Cnidaria and have a radial simmetry, fishes are vertebrate, have bilateral simmetry and belong to phylum Chordata, having a notochord, a complete digestive system and a neural cord.

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