Fish Hiccups

Do fish ever get hiccups?

[Lumpy]

In the sense that a hiccup is a spasm of the diaphram, and fish don't have one, no.

I suppose that whatever set of muscles responsible for passing water over the gills could have some sort of spasm, so maybe in that sense.

[sly]

Doubt it. A hiccup is basically a spasm of the diaphragm caused by distension of the stomach, gas, etc. Fishies don't have diaphragms. Or IUD's, for that matter.

[Sonic]

My fish doesn't have a diaphragm either. She preferes the cervical cap.



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