Mermaid, The Logical Way

So me and boyfriend were talking and somehow got on the subject of mermaids. He brought up a good point that it would be physically impossible for a mermaid and a sailor to "get together" being how fish "mate". (Not going into detail, you want detail, check out Animal Planet!)

So he thought that the upper part of a mermaid should be the fish part and the lower should be the female part. I'm sure what he was thinking of was some majestic creature, but this is what first popped into my head:

I blame him.