Fabulous fish
Oct 10, 2018
3 minutes
WORDS / DR KAREN BRIDGMAN
Fish has been a major food source for many species that inhabit this planet, including humans, for millennia. Fish are probably the most diverse group of vertebrates with over 32,000 species being described, not including shellfish. Not all, however, are eaten by humans. The term “fish” can also include shellfish such as molluscs and crustaceans and, interestingly, there is no distinction in English between the animal and the food, unlike pig (pork), cow (beef) and so on.
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