# Fish Hiccups **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 4, 1999, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-hiccups/3037 "1999-09-04T01:14:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 1999, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-hiccups/3037/1 "1999-09-04T01:14:00Z")
Do fish ever get hiccups? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 1999, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-hiccups/3037/2 "1999-09-04T01:41:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![sly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@sly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sly)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 1999, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-hiccups/3037/3 "1999-09-04T01:45:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Sonic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Sonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonic)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 1999, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-hiccups/3037/4 "1999-09-06T04:55:00Z")
My fish doesn’t have a diaphragm either. She preferes the cervical cap. * * * Remember- If you’re angry it takes 42 muscles to frown, and only a few muscles to smack the idiot that mad you angry in the first place.