Fish are aquatic vertebrates that are typically cold-blooded; covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins. Fish are abundant in the sea and in freshwaters, with species being known from mountain streams (e.g., char and gudgeon) as well as in the deepest depths of the ocean (e.g., gulpers and anglerfish). They are of tremendous importance as food for people around the world, being either collected from the wild (see fishing) or being farmed in much the same way as cattle or chickens (see aquaculture). Fish are also exploited for recreation, through angling and fishkeeping, and fish are commonly exhibited in public aquaria. Through the ages, many cultures have featured fish in their legends and myths, from the "great fish" that swallowed Jonah the Prophet through to the ever-popular half-human, half-fish mermaid.
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Finding Nemo is an Academy Award-winning computer-animated film. Released in 2003, the movie set a record as the highest grossing opening weekend for an animated feature, making $70 million. It was, for a time, the highest grossing animated film of all time. It went on to become the best selling DVD of all time at 28 million copies sold.
The film tells the story of a widowed clownfish named Marlin and his son Nemo who lives on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Other charactors include Dory, a blue tang who suffers from short-term memory loss, Bruce, a good-hearted great white shark, and Crush, the sea turtle.
The film's prominent use of clownfish has wide effects including mass purchase of the animals for children's pets in the United States.
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Selected fish of the month
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Salmon fry hatching (Salmo salar) - the larva has grown around the remains of the yolk - visible are the arteries spinning around the yolk and little oildrops, also the gut, the spine, the main caudal blood vessel, the bladder and the arcs of the gills.
- Hong Kong shoppers were on alert Friday following the discovery of another cancer-causing toxin in fish, the latest in a string of food-related health scares in the territory. The toxin is believed to be the banned antibiotic nitrofuran. (December 8, 2006)
- The South Korean government is planning to set up its first fish hospital where doctors can treat sick fish from fish farms. (December 6, 2006)
"We eat fish and fish eat us."
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Selected topics about Fish
| Fish biology: |
Fish anatomy, Fish diseases, Fish locomotion, Fish migration, Ichthyology, Limnology, Marine biology, Oceanography, Spawning |
| Fish taxonomy: |
Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii, Sarcopterygii, Chondrostei, Neopterygii, Holostei, Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha, Elopomorpha, Clupeomorpha, Ostariophysi, Cyclosquamata, Scopelomorpha, Lampridiomorpha, Polymyxiomorpha, Paracanthopterygii, Acanthopterygii |
| Fishery: |
Angling, Aquaculture, Fishing, Fish as food, Fish farming, Fisheries management, Fishing industry, Overfishing |
| Food fish: |
Anchovy, Basa fish, Bass, Carp, Catfish, Cod, Flatfish, Haddock, Herring, Mackerel, Oily fish, Perch, Pollock, Salmon, Snapper, Snakehead, Sturgeon, Tilapia, Trout, Tuna, Whitefish |
| Fishkeeping: |
Aeration, Aquarium, Fish food, Marine aquarium, Reef aquarium |
| Aquarium fish: |
Angelfish(freshwater), Angelfish(marine), Barb, Blenny, Boxfish, Butterflyfish, Cichlid, Chromis, Clownfish, Corydoras, Damsel, Danio, Discus, Goby, Goldfish, Gourami, Koi, Lionfish, Live-bearer, Loach, Mbuna, Rainbowfish, Pufferfish, Rasbora, Seahorse, Siamese fighting fish, Suckermouth catfish, Tang, Tetra, Triggerfish, Wrasse |
| Others: |
Amphibious fish, Electric fish, Deep sea fish, Ichthys, Mermaid, Prehistoric fish, Ray, Shark, Walking fish |
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Here are some tasks you can do, as organized by the WikiProject Fishes, if you are interested, please sign up on the project page.
- Copyedit: Fire eel, Tetra, Basa fish, Lionchu
- Expand: Barb (fish species), Ryukin, Goldfish, fishing industry, Greater Argentine, Gold Spot Pleco
- Add taxobox: Giraffe catfish, Scissor-tail rasbora
- Develop featured article:
- Peer review:
- Article request: Protacanthopterygii, Stenopterygii, Freshwater aquarium, Brackish water aquarium
- Picture request: Upload any non-copyrighted fish images to the appropriate section of Wikimedia Commons
- Identify species in the picture: Identify and move the images to the appropriate section of Wikimedia Commons
- Standardize on class Actinopterygii (not Osteichthyes): Chimaera
- Collaboration:
- Other: See the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Fishes/to do page
If you have any question, comment or suggestion, please discussion here.
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