Outline of fish

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.^[1]^[2] 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.^[3]

What type of things are fish?

Fish can be described as all of the following:

Natural resource – Resources that exist without actions of humankind.
- Organism – Individual living life forms
  - Animal – Kingdom of living thingss
    - Vertebrate – Subphylum of chordates with backboness
  - Seafood – Food from the sea

Types of fish

List of fish common names – List of common names used to refer to fish
List of fish families
Predatory fish – Hypercarnivorous fish that actively prey upon other fish
- billfish – Group of fishes
- mackerel – Pelagic fish
- salmon – Commercially important migratory fish
- shark – Infraclass of predatory cartilaginous fishs
- tuna – Tribe of fishes
Forage fish – Small prey fish
- anchovy – Family of fishes
- herring – Forage fish, mostly belonging to the family Clupeidae
- sardine – Common name for various small, oily forage fish
Demersal fish – Fish that live and feed on or near the bottom of seas or lakes
- cod – Common name for the demersal fish genus Gadus
- flatfish – Order of fishes
- pollock – North Atlantic marine fish in the genus Pollachius
- rays – Superorder of cartilaginous fishes
Other types
- Aquarium fish
- Bait fish – Fish used as bait to attract predatory fish
- Coarse fish – Rough fish
- Farmed fish – Fish raised commercially in enclosures
- Game fish – Popular fish targeted in recreational fishing
- Oily fish – Fish species with oils in their tissues and coelom
- Rough fish – Fish considered less desirable to some anglers
- Whitefish – Several species of demersal fish with fins

History of fish

History of fishing

Evolution of fish

Prehistoric fish

Fish biology

Fish anatomy

Fish reproduction

Fish reproduction – Reproductive physiology of fishes

Bubble nest – Nest built by some fish and frog species to protect their eggs
Clasper – Male anatomical structure found in some groups of animals, used in mating
Egg case – Natural collagen casing found encompassing some aquatic lifeforms' fertilized eggs
Fish development
Ichthyoplankton – Eggs and larvae of fish that drift in the water column
Milt – Fish seminal fluid and sacs
Mouthbrooder – Animal that cares for its offspring by holding them its mouth
Roe – Egg masses of fish and seafood
Spawning – Eggs and sperm released into water
Spawning trigger – Environmental cues that cause marine animals to breed.

Fish locomotion

Fish behavior

Fish habitats

Fish as a resource

Fish conservation

Fish-related recreation

Fish-related organizations

Fish-related publications

Fishes of the World

People influential in relation to fish

References

^ Goldman, K.J. (1997). "Regulation of body temperature in the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias". Journal of Comparative Physiology. B Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology. 167 (6): 423–429. doi:10.1007/s003600050092. S2CID 28082417. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
^ Carey, F.G.; Lawson, K.D. (1 February 1973). "Temperature regulation in free-swimming bluefin tuna". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A. 44 (2): 375–392. doi:10.1016/0300-9629(73)90490-8. PMID 4145757.
^ FishBase: February 2011 Update. Retrieved 24 May 2011.

External links

ANGFA – Illustrated database of freshwater fishes of Australia and New Guinea
Fischinfos.de – Illustrated database of the freshwater fishes of Germany (in German) (archived)
FishBase online – Comprehensive database with information on over 29,000 fish species
Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center – 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

[1] Goldman, K.J. (1997). "Regulation of body temperature in the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias". Journal of Comparative Physiology. B Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology. 167 (6): 423–429. doi:10.1007/s003600050092. S2CID 28082417. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.

[2] Carey, F.G.; Lawson, K.D. (1 February 1973). "Temperature regulation in free-swimming bluefin tuna". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A. 44 (2): 375–392. doi:10.1016/0300-9629(73)90490-8. PMID 4145757.

[3] FishBase: February 2011 Update. Retrieved 24 May 2011.

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