about guppies, for chokohoma or whichever your name?

Question

I ask this question because my nephews teacher said they were and before i tell him he is wrong i want facts to back me up. I am not a teacher nor do i know anything about fish, but like you smarty pants i know what a mammal is. I was bringing this question from the mouth of an eight year old.
thanks just the same.

Answer 1

This will prove it to even the most stubborn teacher

Scientific classification of the guppy

Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cyprinodontiformes
Family:Poeciliidae
Genus:Poecilia
Species:P. reticulata

Scientific classification of man (a mammal):
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Primates
Family:Hominidae
Genus:****
Species:H. sapiens
Subspecies:H. s. sapiens

Notice the line called Class. That is where it branches humans are in the class Mammalia or mammals, guppies are not.

Hope this helps.

MM