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Why do fish have fins and tail?

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Because they feel like it and that's how they were made.They also have tails because that is the ways the move forward and backward and the way they ca steer there way though the ocean and rivers on there long journey

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In some cases like fancy goldfish and certain types of guppy it is for appearances. Some commercial breeders tend to do this because it is easy to do by selection and also in some cases, simply because they can. In other cases where the fish has evolved to have a forked tail it is usually to increase the fishes mobility at specific speeds.

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the tail's for power and i think the fins are for like steering

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because after a couple of months fish develop a symtom called youraspasweresmetail

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