3 seahorses, ⑤ puffer fish, ⑥ Chinese sturgeon, ⑧ belt fish live in the water, breathing with gills, swimming with fins, they all belong to the fish;
① dollfish larvae with gills to breathe, the adult lungs, belong to the amphibian;
② abalone, ④ octopus body soft, belong to the mollusks;
⑦ whale foetal lactation, belong to the mammals.
So, ③ ⑤ ⑥ ⑧ belongs to fish, so C is correct, ABD is wrong.
The choice: C.
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