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The Fish Portal

Fishare aquatic vertebratesthat are typically cold-blooded; covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired finsand several unpaired fins. Fish are abundant in the sea and in freshwaters, with species being known from mountain streams (e.g., charand gudgeon) as well as in the deepest depths of the ocean (e.g., gulpersand 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 anglingand 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 Jonahthe Prophet through to the ever-popular half-human, half-fish mermaid. More about fish...

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Selected article of the month

Fish and chips or fish 'n' chips, a popular take-away food, consists of deep-fried fish in batter or breadcrumbs with deep-fried potatoes, traditionally sold wrapped in newspaper.

Popular tradition associates the dish with the United Kingdom; and for decades fish and chips dominated the take-away food sector in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. Fish and chips also has considerable popularity in parts of North America (New England, the Pacific Northwest and Canada generally), the Republic of Ireland and South Africa. establishments in Denmark and in some coastal towns in Norway serve fried fillets. In the Netherlands, the popular deep-fried, battered fried fillet dish called lekkerbek sometimes appears served with chips.

The modern fish-and-chip shop originated in the United Kingdom, although outlets selling fried food occurred commonly throughout Europe. According to one story, fried-potato shops spreading south from Scotland merged with fried-fish shops spreading from southern England.

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Selected fish of the month

Tiktaalik is a genus of extinct sarcopterygian (lobe-finned) fishes from the late Devonian period, with many features akin to those of tetrapods (four-legged animals). It is an example from several lines of ancient sarcopterygian fish developing adaptations to oxygen-poor shallow-water habitats at that time, which led to the evolution of amphibians. Well preserved fossils were found in 2004 on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada.

Tiktaalik lived approximately 375 million years ago. Paleontologists suggest that it was an intermediate form between fish such as Panderichthys, which lived about 385 million years ago, and early tetrapods such as Acanthostega and Ichthyostega, which lived about 365 million years ago. Its mixture of fish and tetrapod characteristics led one of its discoverers, Neil Shubin, to characterize Tiktaalik as a "fishapod".

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Selected picture of the month

Credit: Photo and upload by André Karwath (User:Aka)

The paradise fish or paradise gourami (Macropodus opercularis), are small freshwater labyrinth fish found in ditches and paddy fields in East Asia, ranging from the Korean Peninsula to Northern Vietnam. They were one of the first ornamental fishes available to western aquarium keepers, having been imported to Europe as early as the 1800s.

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Did you know...

...that studies of the inshore marine fish small-scale whiting (Sillago parvisquamis, ) suggest the female starts life smaller than the male, but grows faster and is larger than the male within two years?
...that the Banggai cardinal (Pterapogon kauderni) was recently denied protection under CITES because the fish can be captive-bred and the listing as a protected species could be counterproductive as favouring illegal activities?
...that the Alaska blackfish (Dallia pectoralis) is able to safely weather water temperatures at 0C for extended periods, and in lab tests has been able to survive being super-cooled to temperatures as cold as -20C so long as it is kept free of ice crystals?

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The Fish Quiz

The Fish Quiz is a friendly quiz competition designed to test your general knowledge of fish. The current game is Fish Quiz Tournament VIII. You can read more and join the game here.

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Selected quote of the month

"You know when they have a fishing show on TV? They catch the fish and then let it go. They don't want to eat the fish, they just want to make it late for something."

---Mitch Hedberg

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Lists

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WikiProjects

WikiProject Fishes WikiProject Aquarium Fishes WikiProject Sharks WikiProject Fishing edit

The Fish Portal: Mini Edition

The Mini Edition of the Fish Portal is available for you to use on your wikipedia user page or talk page. It uses minimum space but retains many crucial features of the portal. To use it, place {{Portal:Fish/Mini portal}} on the designated page. See here for an example of the mini portal on a user page.

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