Fish This page details Fish , one of the six main types of food in " World of Warcraft " . Fish is the edible flesh of a fish or other aquatic animals , not necessarily in a biological sense . Most of these are represented as a single fish inventory item that stacks in twenties , as does most other food . Some aquatic or semi - aquatic animals , such as crocolisk s drop meat , representing their flesh , not fish . Also , aquatic means dwells in water , but in - game , some fish can be fished from other liquid environments , lava in particular . Not all fish are edible . Some fish with a fish graphic inventory icon are not of the item type fish ( food ) , but may be a quest item , an non - edible alchemic ingredient , or other . Some fish with the food item type are only edible in certain cases ( see Pet food following . ) This article is about food item fish , and will briefly mention non - food fish only in the interests of disambiguation . " See fish in the expansion sections below for lists of various fish by area . See also Fish vendors for a list of fish vendors listed by main faction affiliation . " Raw fish , cooked fish , and fish food buffs . Many fish can be eaten raw ( restore hit points when eaten ) . If you have the cooking secondary skill , you can cook many fish to increase their food value ( restore more hit points when eaten ) . Certain fish grant various temporary buffs when cooked and eaten . Cooking fish is an excellent way to raise your cooking skill . Pet food . Hunter s can feed fish to some pets , cat s for example . Note that pets can eat fish that are not otherwise edible ( such as trophy fish and ) , and the item level of the fish is significant in how the pet reacts to the offer of the fish . Sources . Raw fish . Fish obtained from fishing is usually ' raw ' and will have the word ' raw ' in its name such as , which can be cooked , and would become . All players can learn the secondary skill Fishing , which allows fish to be caught in most volumes of water within the world . Raw fish can be used as a major component of the secondary skill Cooking , as well , and can be used to create fish with additional properties and buff s when eaten . See also Fish section of Fishing items for more food and non - food ' fish ' that can be caught while fishing , and their uses . Fish can usually be eaten raw , but will usually have substantially lower value , such as lower ' HP healed ' . Purchasable fish . Below are examples of purchasable , or vendor , fish . In general any raw fish when cooked , is also the same as the purchasable vendor fish . In general , raw fish are not purchasable from a vendor , but like most materials can still be traded through the auction house for purchase . Note : This is generally one representative fish for each food level increment - the vended foods generally follow this basic format , one representative item per food level universally repeated across all vendors of that food type . However , some foods may be acquired earlier at the same health restore increment , but usually with some requirement like reputation level minimum with a particular faction . The low to mid level fish on these tables can be caught while fishing ; the vendors sell the cooked version . The upper level fish on these tables cannot usually be caught while fishing ; the equivalent level cooked caught fish are fish - based dishes , not an individual fish , so the vended version allows each vended fish to be an actual fish inventory item . Some fish are clearly a fish that can be fed to a fish eating pet , but more research is needed to put status in these tables .