Editing 40d:Fish

{{quality|Exceptional|18:18, 8 November 2010 (UTC)}}{{av}}
:''(For the activity, see [[fishing]])''

Although there is no exact game definition of '''fish''', for simplicity anything that may be ''[[Fishing|fished]]'' is categorized as "a fish" in this wiki, including [[turtle]]s and [[cave lobster]]s. Technically, the game treats these as [[vermin]], but unlike true vermin they are a welcome [[food]] source, and are not hunted by cats (unless they are in suitably shallow water), but must be caught by [[fisherdwarf]]s with the [[fishing]] [[labor]] enabled.  However, as with all vermin, they appear spontaneously (aka "spawn") in any natural water environment and most artificially constructed ones.

(The {{k|z}}-status' ''stocks'' screen defines certain (dead) creatures as fish/raw fish. These are subject to [[rotting]]/[[wear]]).

Certain larger species are also typically defined as fish even though they are treated as regular [[creature]]s by the game, for instance [[carp]] and [[Longnose gar]], among others. These larger fish may ''not'' be caught by fisherdwarves, but must be killed in combat. They can also be air-drowned by reducing the water they are in to 4/7 or less, like all fish. These aquatic monsters can interrupt dwarves' activities and will gladly attack and kill given half a chance.  In [[evil]] [[Biome|biomes]], they can come in [[skeletal]] and [[zombie]] varieties (which can move on land, among other [[fun]] surprises).

[[Olm]]s are the only water vermin that cannot be fished.


While some vermin fish move across the map in small packs due to the [CLUSTER_NUMBER] creature token, others such as shad have been observed to migrate biannually in 'salmon runs,' filling an entire river with many fish on each tile. This is caused by a combination of the [CLUSTER_NUMBER:1:10] [[creature token]] and the [BIOME:OCEAN_TEMPERATE] and [BIOME:RIVER_TEMPERATE_*] [[biome token]]s.

== List of catchable fish ==

{| style="border-spacing: 1"
|-
! Name
! Tile
! Biome
! Notes
|-
|[[Turtle]]||{{Tile|☼|2:0}}||Any pool||Amphibious, pet value 10, has shell
|-
|[[Moghopper]]||{{Tile|∙|6:0}}||Savage pool||Amphibious, pet value 20, summer only, [[extracts|extract]] is [[mog juice]]
|-
|[[Mussel]]||{{Tile|m|7:1}}||Any ocean, lake, and river||Cookable live, no bones
|-
|[[Oyster]]||{{Tile|o|7:1}}||Any ocean||Cookable live, no bones
|-
|[[Salmon]]||{{Tile|α|4:1}}||Temperate ocean and river||Migratory
|-
|[[Clownfish]]||{{Tile|α|4:1}}||Tropical ocean
|-
|[[Hagfish]]||{{Tile|~|6:0}}||Temperate and arctic ocean
|-
|[[Brook lamprey]]||{{Tile|~|3:0}}||Temperate ocean and river
|-
|[[Bat ray]]||{{Tile|ò|7:0}}||Temperate and tropical ocean
|-
|[[Thornback ray]]||{{Tile|ò|6:0}}||Tropical ocean
|-
|[[Spotted ratfish]]||{{Tile|α|6:0}}||Temperate ocean
|-
|[[Herring]]||{{Tile|α|3:1}}||Temperate and arctic ocean||<s>Wielded to cut down trees</s>
|-
|[[Shad]]||{{Tile|α|3:1}}||Temperate ocean and river, arctic ocean||Migratory
|-
|[[Anchovy]]||{{Tile|α|7:1}}||Temperate ocean
|-
|[[Steelhead trout]]||{{Tile|α|3:1}}||Temperate ocean and river, arctic ocean||Migratory
|-
|[[Hake]]||{{Tile|α|7:1}}||Temperate and arctic ocean
|-
|[[Seahorse]]||{{Tile|α|2:0}}||Temperate and tropical ocean
|-
|[[Glasseye]]||{{Tile|α|4:1}}||Tropical ocean
|-
|[[White-spotted puffer]]||{{Tile|α|7:0}}||Tropical ocean
|-
|[[Sole]]||{{Tile|α|6:0}}||Tropical ocean
|-
|[[Flounder]]||{{Tile|α|6:0}}||Temperate ocean
|-
|[[Mackerel]]||{{Tile|α|7:0}}||Temperate and arctic ocean
|-
|[[Sea nettle jellyfish]]||{{Tile|Ω|6:0}}||Tropical ocean
|-
|[[Lungfish]]||{{Tile|α|6:0}}||Tropical pool, lake, and river||Amphibious
|-
|[[Clown loach]]||{{Tile|α|6:1}}||Tropical freshwater lake and river
|-
|[[Brown bullhead]]||{{Tile|α|6:0}}||Temperate freshwater lake
|-
|[[Yellow bullhead]]||{{Tile|α|6:0}}||Temperate freshwater lake
|-
|[[Black bullhead]]||{{Tile|α|6:0}}||Temperate freshwater lake
|-
|[[Banded knifefish]]||{{Tile|α|6:0}}||Tropical freshwater lake and river
|-
|[[Char]]||{{Tile|α|0:1}}||Temperate freshwater lake and river
|-
|[[Rainbow trout]]||{{Tile|α|2:1}}||Temperate freshwater lake and river
|-
|[[Sailfin molly]]||{{Tile|α|2:0}}||Temperate lake and river
|-
|[[Guppy]]||{{Tile|α|1:1}}||Tropical lake and river
|-
|[[Perch]]||{{Tile|α|7:1}}||Temperate freshwater lake and river
|-
|[[Cave fish]]||{{Tile|α|7:1}}||Subterranean water||Value 2
|-
|[[Cave lobster]]||{{Tile|¥|7:1}}||Subterranean water||Value 2; has [[shell]], cookable live, no bones
|}

== List of large fish ==

=== Ocean ===

* [[Sea lamprey]]
* Various sharks
** [[Great white shark]]
** [[Frill shark]]
** [[Spiny dogfish]]
** [[Spotted wobbegong]]
** [[Whale shark]]
** [[Basking shark]]
** [[Nurse shark]]
** [[Shortfin mako shark]]
** [[Longfin mako shark]]
** [[Tiger shark]]
** [[Bull shark]]
** [[Blacktip reef shark]]
** [[Whitetip reef shark]]
** [[Blue shark]]
** [[Hammerhead shark]]
** [[Angelshark]]
* [[Common skate]]
* [[Manta ray]]
* [[Stingray]]
* [[Coelacanth]]
* [[Sturgeon]]
* [[Conger eel]]
* [[Milkfish]]
* [[Cod]]
* [[Opah]]
* [[Giant grouper]]
* [[Bluefish]]
* [[Ocean sunfish]]
* [[Swordfish]]
* [[Marlin]]
* [[Halibut]]
* [[Great barracuda]]
* [[Bluefin tuna]]

=== River and lake ===

* [[Longnose gar]]
* [[Carp]]
* [[Tigerfish]]
* [[Pike (fish)|Pike]]

== See also ==

:* [[Creatures]] for a list containing other aquatic critters
:* [[Vermin]]

{{Category|Animals}}