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One of the most difficult aspects to address in Biology education is Biodiversity and its classification. To the complexity of this study, the low interest of the majority of students is added. When combined it with a reductionist approach, generates alternative ideas that last even in Higher Education. Approaches such as the use of Science Fiction are presented as an alternative to improve students' learning. In this work, an educational intervention in 7th grade that addresses the classification of vertebrates, through the identification of real features in science fiction creatures, the Pokemon, is proposed. The main aim is to analyse the students' performance to classify Pokemon, in one of the vertebrate groups, considering whether they are able to discriminate based on the visible and non-visible features of the organism. The results show that the use of science fiction promotes the recognition of the distinctive features of each group of vertebrates, considering non-observable characteristics in the illustrations and suggesting these characteristics for their classification, and even relating them to their adaptation to the environment and their feeding type. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]