# Rabbits are considered fish?!?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbits-are-considered-fish/113508>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 11, 2002, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbits-are-considered-fish/113508 "2002-06-11T19:07:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbits-are-considered-fish/113508/21 "2002-06-12T17:44:32Z")

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> \*Originally posted by AskNott \*  
> \*\*Dang. Didya ever have something on the tip of your brain, but couldn’t grab it? There was a story in the last year about some place where the locals eat (something) and believe it’s OK for lent. The local clergy, and of course, the fishmongers, were hoping for a clarification from the Pope that (aforementioned something) was meat and non-lenten. \*\*

Was it sea turtles?

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbits-are-considered-fish/113508/22 "2002-06-12T22:12:55Z")

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Indeed it was, **Tuckerfan!** Sea turtles it was. Besides the beleaguered fishmongers, the turtles themselves were being depleted. I don’t think the friends-of-turtles persuaded the Pope to take a stand.

Around here, there are fish called buffalo and redhorse. Despite their names, they’re definitely fishies.

–Nott

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