>Unfortunately even Plato calls whales fishes.
>
Aristotle did distinguish between whales and fishes. I know of one
writing where he calls both sting rays and Actinopterygiians "fishes" --
but I'm not sure if he ever used "fish" to eventually refer to only one
monophyletic group.
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