The Fish

"The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)" is a mostly instrumental rock song by progressive rock band Yes from their 1971 album Fragile. It was written by Chris Squire.

The bass guitar performs most of the parts of the song. The song starts out with a cadenza-like guitar solo before transitioning into the main 7/4 section. Its only lyrics, the subtitle of the song, appear towards the end of the piece, are repeated several times and fade out with it.

In concert, the song is used as an extended bass jam for Chris Squire and the piece is drastically rearranged. There are only two points in the song that are in 7/4 and are similar to the studio version, the rest is a series of different common time improvisations by Squire with varying beats and backing melodies. This solo can last up into the ten-minute range, as can be seen on Yessongs.

Because the song "Long Distance Runaround" directly transitions into "The Fish", the songs are frequently played together on classic rock radio stations.

There are several ways in which the name of this song came about. Yes band members Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman, and Alan White adopted "The Fish" nickname^{[citation needed]}. Squire also flooded his hotel room while taking a shower^{[citation needed]}. Furthermore his astrological sign is a Pisces (Fish). Later, Squire made a solo album called Fish Out of Water.