Fish

A fish was a type of limbless aquatic animal that was often used as a source of food by many creatures.
==Description==
Most types of fish were generally not a threat, but giant fish could be deadly foes, sometimes swallowing foes whole.
==Ecology==
Fish of the same type often gathered in "schools". They often did not attack others unless magically commanded to do so. They were herded by merfolk, and sometimes guarded by nixies.
==Religion==
Blibdoolpoolp, the goddess of the kuo-toa (who themselves were fish-like humanoids), often took the form of a woman with a fish's head.
Some societies believed that krakens were deities—such creatures may have bestowed plentiful harvests of fish upon their worshipers, should the krakens be pleased with their deeds.
==Usages==
Several creatures ate fish as either part of or all of their diet. Some of these creatures included bronze and black dragons. Tantran finefish was a type of spiced and pickled fish produced in Tantras.
Fish could be summoned by a variety of spells, from monster summoning I (which could summon a single lamprey) to monster summoning VIII (which could summon a giant shark). They were also sometimes used as familiars. Rancid fish could be used as a material component for the spell lich touch.
The infamous beholder Xanathar kept a goldfish named Sylgar as a pet.
==Notable Types of Fish==
* Afanc
* Ascallion
* Barbfish, a species of freshwater bottom-feeder shark from Amn.
* Bichir
* Blackjaw: a species of predatory fish found in the Lake Glorfindar.
* Bloatfish
* Brownfin: a species of freshwater fish found in Cormyr and the King's Forest.
* Candlefish: a species of oily fish found in the Lake Glorfindar.
* Catfish: giant and stalking
* Crystal nipper
* Dunchow: a delicacy in Amn only found in Lake Esmel.
* Icetail
* Jewelfish
* Hetfish: swarming fish that could strive in any environment, known for their super-heated bodies that turned water into steam.
* Hogfish: a species of fish found in Akanamere, often dried and stocked in pantries of the city-state of Sumbria.
* Manyfins
* Pike: a species of big and energetic freshwater predators as well as northern pike, their cold brackish water-dwelling cousins from the Sea of Moving Ice.
* Piranha: small schooling predators that went into blood frenzy and swarmed their prey.
* Pyrimo
* Quippers
* Raiks: species of aggressive fish with hooked jaws found in the waters of Sea of Fallen Stars. There were two subspecies, greater and lesser raiks.
* S'repic: a flesh-eating fish from the Malatran Plateau with huge silver scales.
* Salmon
* Sardine
* Silverling
* Singing fish: fancifully-cooked festival fish from the Blade Kingdoms, caught in the waters of Akanamere.
* Sharks and giant sharks
* Spiny sleeper
* Steelhead
* Sunfish: several species of fresh and saltwater fish.
* Trout: knucklehead, szorp
* Verme
==Trivia==
The mark of the most ancient dwarven kingdom of Faerûn, Haunghdannar, was that of a mountain with a fish mounted on a seven-pointed star.
Three small fish was the sabban mark of Ylar Sabban in Calimport.
==Appendix==
===Gallery===
Fishmonger bg3.png|Old Troutman, a fishmonger and his stall in the Lower City of Baldur's Gate.
===Appearances===
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===References===
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