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Why are seahorses vertebrates?

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It is considered a fish because it is cold-blooded, has fins to help it swim and gills to help it breathe in water.
Because they breath water not air.

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A seahorse is a vertebrate because it has a backbone. A vertebrate is any animal with a backbone.

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Seahorses are vertebrates because they have backbones.

All animals that have a backbone are vertebrates.

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it has a backbone so whichever one that is

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fish

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