The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to fish:
Fish – any member of a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups. Most fish are ectothermic ("cold-blooded"), allowing their body temperatures to vary as ambient temperatures change, though some of the large active swimmers like white shark and tuna can hold a higher core temperature. Fish are abundant in most bodies of water. They can be found in nearly all aquatic environments, from high mountain streams (e.g., char and gudgeon) to the abyssal and even hadal depths of the deepest oceans (e.g., cusk-eel and snailfish). At 32,000 species, fish exhibit greater species diversity than any other group of vertebrates.FishBase: February 2011 Update. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
What type of things are fish?
Fish can be described as all of the following:
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Types of fish
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Other types
History of fish
History of fishing
Evolution of fish Prehistoric fish
Fish biology Ichthyology Ichthyology terms Ethnoichthyology Diversity of fish
Fish anatomy Fish anatomy Ampullae of Lorenzini Anguilliformity Barbel Dorsal fin Electroreception Gill Gill raker Gill slit Glossohyal Hyomandibula Lateral line Leydig's organ Mauthner cell Otolith Operculum Pharyngeal teeth Photophore Pseudobranch Scales Shark cartilage Shark tooth Swim bladder Vision Weberian apparatus
Fish reproduction
Fish locomotion
Fish locomotion Fin and flipper locomotion Amphibious fish Walking fish Flying fish Undulatory locomotion
Fish behavior Aquatic predation Bait ball Bottom feeders Cleaner fish Diel vertical migration Electric fish Filter feeders Forage fish Hallucinogenic fish Migrating fish Paedophagy Pain in fish Predatory fish Salmon run Sardine run Scale eaters Schooling fish Venomous fish
Fish habitats
Coastal fish Coldwater fish Coral reef fish Deep sea fish Demersal fish Freshwater fish Groundfish Marine habitats Pelagic fish Tropical fish Wild fish
Fish as a resource Natural resource Fish as food Fish farming Aquaculture Fishing industry Fisheries Fishing
Fish conservation Fish conservation Overfishing Habitat destruction Environmental effects of fishing
Fish-related recreation Fishkeeping Recreational fishing Angling
Fish-related organizations American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Gilbert Ichthyological Society Ichthyological Society of Hong Kong National Fish Habitat Initiative North American Native Fishes Association
Fish-related publications Fishes of the World
People influential in relation to fish
Jacques Cousteau William Beebe Edwin Philip Pister Carl Leavitt Hubbs David Starr Jordan Louis Agassiz Robert Rush Miller Wendell L. Minckley
See also
Public aquarium Aquarium Catch and release Deep sea fish Digital Fish Library Fish development Fishkeeping Forage fish Ichthyology Marine biology Marine vertebrates Fear of fish Fish kill FishBase Genetically modified fish Schreckstoff
References
External links
ANGFA – Illustrated database of freshwater fishes of Australia and New Guinea Fischinfos.de – Illustrated database of the freshwater fishes of Germany (archived) FishBase online – Comprehensive database with information on over 29,000 fish species – Data outlet for fisheries and aquaculture research center in the central US (archived) Philippines Fishes – Database with thousands of Philippine Fishes photographed in natural habitat The Native Fish Conservancy – Conservation and study of North American freshwater fishes United Nations – Fisheries and Aquaculture Department: Fish and seafood utilization University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections – Digital collection of freshwater and marine fish images