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An Octopus is not a fish, it is a cephalopod, related to snails, slugs, and clams as well as squid, and cuttlefish. ... So even though it shares gills, aquatic lifestyle, and a lack of fingers, it cannot be a fish. An octopus is a mollusk (like a clam), class Cephalopoda.
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