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Her fins and webbed fingers and toes do make her look fish like. But they could be porpoise-like. I might suggest that you could view them as similar to the platypus? If not literally, than having features that might normally be seen as impossible in a mammal?
As most of your Aiers races and species probably emerged from some bio-engineering chambers, why not? On the other hand--Mermaids? I'd say no--let them be legends instead. If you wanted the mermaid to actually have legs and a more humanoid look than the tlannt in this pic, I'd suggest actually doing "aquatic" elves. Although, have that as something of a misnomer. Elves that live on islands and bays, well adapted to swimming, but really air breathing land dwellers for most things?
It is theorized that polynesians have extra subcutanneous body fat to help regulate body temperature due to life as oceangoers, despite living on tropical islands, so maybe more extreme adaptations might be possible? Especially if done by the world's creators?
Likewise, I've wondered if maybe Vanolose orcs are also prehistoric seagoers, much like it is theorized that humans using boats colonized the coasts of the Americas in the ice age? Certainly a tendency towards being fat might be helpful as primitive boaters?
I do like the possible relation with dragons.
For mermaids. Yeah, I'm almost sure I prefeer them to be mythical. :3
D&D 4th edition dragonborn, a humanoid dragon race, have breasts! Yet they also lay eggs. This gives rise to all sorts of speculations as you might imagine. Including making them ovipar mammals--as indeed--what else could they be?
This speculation carries over to the actual dragons themselves. Wondering how dragons ought to be classified and if they also produce milk!?