Are dolphins fish? Or not?

Surprisingly dolphins are mammal. Like every they are warm blooded, nurse their young with milk they are not born in eggs, and they breathe air. A dolphin usually breathes once or twice a minute. Dolphins have a tiny bit of hair right next to the blowhole. Dolphins have blubber instead of fur. Blubber gives a dolphin their streamline shape and is a cover that holds in heat. Dolphins’ teeth are usually made for grasping not chewing. If a dolphin needs to make its food into smaller pieces, it will grasp its food and throw it against the water. This makes it easier to eat the food.

Dolphins are Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Mammalia, Order: Cetacea, Suborder: Odontoceti, Family: Delphinidae Which, in common language, means that they are animals with backbones, specifically, mammals in the same order as whales with teeth (Odontoceti) and their family is Dolphin. Dolphins, along with whales and porpoises, are thought to be descendants of terrestrial mammals, most likely of the Artiodactyl order. Modern dolphin skeletons have two small rod shaped pelvic bones thought to be vestigial hind legs. In October of 2006 an unusual Bottlenose Dolphin was captured in Japan that had small fins on either side of the genital slit, which scientists believe to be a more pronounced development of these vestigal hind legs.[1] Dolphins entered the water roughly fifty million years ago. Dolphins have among one of the largest brains of all animals. They have a streamlined body which helps them move through the water and are very fast and graceful. Dolphins have a fusiform body, adapted for fast swimming. The head contains the melon, a round organ used for echolocation. In many species, the jaws are elongated, forming a distinct beak; for some species like the Bottlenose, there is a curved mouth that looks like a fixed smile. Teeth can be very numerous (up to two hundred and fifty) in several species. The dolphin brain is large and has a highly structured cortex, which often is referred to in discussions about their advanced intelligence. A recent theory however disputes the existence of a neural basis for dolphin intellect, suggesting instead that the large brain is only an adaptation to living in cold water. This theory has not found widespread acceptance. The basic coloration patterns are shades of gray with a light underside and a distinct dark cape on the back. It is often combined with lines and patches of different hue and contrast. The list of members of the family includes: * o Family Delphinidae, oceanic Dolphins + Genus Delphinus # Long-Beaked Common Dolphin, Delphinus capensis # Short-Beaked Common Dolphin, Delphinus delphis + Genus Tursiops # Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus # Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops aduncus + Genus Lissodelphis # Northern Rightwhale Dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis # Southern Rightwhale Dolphin, Lissiodelphis peronii + Genus Sotalia # Tucuxi, Sotalia fluviatilis + Genus Sousa # Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin, Sousa chinensis * Chinese White Dolphin (the Chinese variant), Sousa chinensis chinensis # Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin, Sousa teuszii + Genus Stenella # Atlantic Spotted Dolphin, Stenella frontalis # Clymene Dolphin, Stenella clymene # Pantropical Spotted Dolphin, Stenella attenuata # Spinner Dolphin, Stenella longirostris # Striped Dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba + Genus Steno # Rough-Toothed Dolphin, Steno bredanensis + Genus Cephalorynchus # Chilean Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus eutropia # Commerson's Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus commersonii # Heaviside's Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii # Hector's Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus hectori + Genus Grampus # Risso's Dolphin, Grampus griseus + Genus Lagenodelphis # Fraser's Dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei + Genus Lagenorhyncus # Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus # Dusky Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus # Hourglass Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger # Pacific White-Sided Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens # Peale's Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus australis # White-Beaked Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris + Genus Orcaella # Australian Snubfin Dolphin, Orcaella heinsohni # Irrawaddy Dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris + Genus Peponocephala # Melon-headed Whale, Peponocephala electra + Genus Orcinus # Killer Whale, Orcinus orca + Genus Feresa # Pygmy Killer Whale, Feresa attenuata + Genus Pseudorca # False Killer Whale, Pseudorca crassidens + Genus Globicephala # Long-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala melas # Short-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus o Family Platanistoidea, River Dolphins + Genus Inia # Boto (Amazon River Dolphin), Inia geoffrensis + Genus Lipotes # Chinese River Dolphin (Baiji), Lipotes vexillifer + Genus Platanista # Ganges River Dolphin, Platanista gangetica # Indus River Dolphin, Platanista minor + Genus Pontoporia # La Plata Dolphin (Franciscana), Pontoporia blainvillei Six species in the family Delphinidae are commonly called "whales" but are strictly speaking dolphins. They are sometimes called "blackfish". * Melon-headed Whale, Peponocephala electra * Killer Whale, Orcinus orca * Pygmy Killer Whale, Feresa attenuata * False Killer Whale, Psudoorca crassidens * Long-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala melas * Short-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin

hi,i read some where that it is a mammel ...

Dolphins are not fish. They are mammals like you and me. They are categorized under porpoise. I think I may have spelled that wrong. They breathe air and do not have gills like fish do.

I hope this is the answer you are lookoing for...dolphins are sucking mammals that is they give birth to ones which suck them for feeding like all the terrestial mammals...

Look what i found on wikipedia.org : http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5b/Dolphin_anatomy.png "Dolphins are highly intelligent aquatic mammals that are closely related to whales and porpoises Dolphins, along with whales and porpoises, are thought to be descendants of terrestrial mammals, most likely of the Artiodactyl order. Modern dolphin skeletons have two small rod shaped pelvic bones thought to be vestigial hind legs. In October of 2006 an unusual Bottlenose Dolphin was captured in Japan that had small fins on either side of the genital slit, which scientists believe to be a more pronounced development of these vestigal hind legs.[1] Dolphins entered the water roughly fifty million years ago. Dolphins have among one of the largest brains of all animals. They have a streamlined body which helps them move through the water and are very fast and graceful. Dolphins have a fusiform body, adapted for fast swimming. The head contains the melon, a round organ used for echolocation. In many species, the jaws are elongated, forming a distinct beak; for some species like the Bottlenose, there is a curved mouth that looks like a fixed smile. Teeth can be very numerous (up to two hundred and fifty) in several species. The dolphin brain is large and has a highly structured cortex, which often is referred to in discussions about their advanced intelligence. A recent theory however disputes the existence of a neural basis for dolphin intellect, suggesting instead that the large brain is only an adaptation to living in cold water.[2] This theory has not found widespread acceptance. The basic coloration patterns are shades of gray with a light underside and a distinct dark cape on the back. It is often combined with lines and patches of different hue and contrast. See individual species articles for details. Most dolphins have acute eyesight, both in and out of the water, and their sense of hearing is superior to that of humans. Though they have a small ear opening on each side of their head, it is believed that hearing underwater is also if not exclusively done with the lower jaw which conducts the sound vibrations to the middle ear via a fat filled cavity in the lower jaw bone. Hearing is also used for echolocation, which seems to be an ability all dolphins have. Their teeth are arranged in a way that works as an array or antenna focusing the incoming sound, making it easier for them to pinpoint the exact location of an object.[citation needed] The dolphin's sense of touch is also well-developed. However, dolphins lack an olfactory nerve and thus have no sense of smell, but they can taste and do show preferences for certain kinds of fish. Since dolphins spend most of their time below the surface normally, just tasting the water could act in a manner analogous to a sense of smell."

They r fish

They are water mammals! lol

no

they are mamal like you and me b/c thy breath air

no,they ar mammels..........

No dolphins are mammals warm blooded so they are not fish

dolphins are not fishes they are mamals like us.they breathe air

dolphins are the mamals but like frogs they live in water also in land . they give birth to children . that's all.

Yes, Dolphins is fish and mamals too.

Dolphins are mammals of the order Cetacea and the families Platanistidae, Delphinidae, and Grampidae and include about 50 species.

Some scientist prove that dolphin were walking on land in ancient time. that would be funny i think.

No, they are mammals!! PS- everyone that posts in my discussions is rated!!

fish i think..

mammals