The rules are relaxed in some Islamic schools of thought, both Shia and Sunni. Any animal lacking any of the latter three features is not a fish, and is therefore not valid for this article. The requirement for gills is not part of any religious rule, but biologically it is an identifying characteristic of true fish. All true fish with scales have fins, but the converse is not true.Īll fish in this article have true (visible) fish scales, an endoskeleton, fins, and gills (as opposed to lungs). Judaism additionally requires fins, a rule that serves to limit the scope to true fish, and exclude animals with exoskeletons that may be interpreted as scales, such as shrimp.Specifically, Jafari Shia Islam excludes exoskeleton, and Judaism requires visible scales. Both traditions require true fish scales.The two are generally the least inclusive, and are used as the basis of this article: The Jafari Shia Islam rules are approximately equivalent to kashrut rules.
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