Fish Culture
Culture
In the Book of Jonah a "great fish" swallowed Jonah the Prophet. Legends of half-human, half-fish mermaids have featured in stories like those of Hans Christian Andersen and movies like Splash (See Merman, Mermaid).
Among the deities said to take the form of a fish are Ika-Roa of the Polynesians, Dagon of various ancient Semitic peoples, and Matsya of the Dravidas of India. The astrological symbol Pisces is based on a constellation of the same name, but there is also a second fish constellation in the night sky, Piscis Austrinus.
Fish have been used figuratively in many different ways, for example the ichthys used by early Christians to identify themselves, through to the fish as a symbol of fertility among Bengalis.[56] Fish have also featured prominently in art and literature, as in movies such as Finding Nemo and books such as The Old Man and the Sea. Large fish, particularly sharks, have frequently been the subject of horror movies and thrillers, most notably the novel Jaws, which spawned a series of films of the same name that in turn inspired similar films or parodies such as Shark Tale, Snakehead Terror, and Piranha.
The golden fish (Sanskrit: Matsya), represents in the semiotic of Ashtamangala,(buddhist symbolism) the state of fearless suspension in samsara, thus perceived as the harmless ocean, referred to as 'buddha-eyes' or ' rigpa-sight] '. The fishes symbolises the auspiciousness of all living beings in a state of fearlessness without danger of drowning in the Samsaric Ocean of Suffering, and migrating from teaching to teaching freely and spontaneously just as fish swim.
In the following quotation, the two golden fishes are linked with the Ganges and Yamuna, and nadi, prana and carp:
The two fishes originally represented the two main sacred rivers of India - the Ganges and Yamuna. These rivers are associated with the lunar and solar channels which originate in the nostrils and carry the alternating rhythms of breath & prana. They have religious significance in Hindu, Jain and Buddhist traditions but also in Christianity who is first signified by the sign of the fish, and especially referring to feeding the multitude in the desert. In the dhamma of Buddha the fish symbolize happiness as they have complete freedom of movement in the water. They represent fertility and abundance. Often drawn in the form of carp which are regarded in the Orient as sacred on account of their elegant beauty, size and life-span.[3]
The name of the Canadian city of Coquitlam, British Columbia is derived from Kwikwetlem, which means "smell like fish" in the Halkomelem language spoken by the area's original inhabitants [57]
Terminology
Fish or fishes
Though often used interchangeably, these words actually mean different things. Fish is used either as singular noun or to describe a group of specimens from a single species. Fishes describes a group containing more than one species.[58] Hence, as plurals, these words could be used thus:
- My aquarium contains three different fishes: guppies, platies, and swordtails.
- The North Atlantic stock of Gadus morhua is estimated to contain several million fish.
Shoal or school
A random assemblage of fishes merely using some localised resource such as food or nesting sites is known simply as an aggregation. When fish come together in an interactive, social grouping, then they may be forming either a shoal or a school depending on the degree of organisation. A shoal is a loosely organised group where each fish swims and forages independently but is attracted to other members of the group and adjusts its behaviour, such as swimming speed, so that it remains close to the other members of the group. Schools of fish are much more tightly organised, synchronising their swimming so that all fish move at the same speed and in the same direction. Shoaling and schooling behaviour is believed to provide a variety of advantages.[59]
Examples:
- Cichlids congregating at lekking sites form an aggregation.
- Many minnows and characins form shoals.
- Anchovies, herrings, and silversides are classic examples of schooling fishes.
While school and shoal have different meanings within biology, they are often treated as synonyms by non-specialists, with speakers of British English using "shoal" to describe any grouping of fish, while speakers of American English often using "school" just as loosely.
- Further information: swarming
See also
- Angling (sport fishing)
- Aquaculture
- Aquarium
- Catch and release
- Deep sea fish
- Fish anatomy
- Fish as food
- Fish development
- Fishing (fishing for food)
- Fishkeeping
- Ichthyology
- List of fish common names
- List of fish families
- Marine biology
- Marine vertebrates
- Otolith (Bone used for determining the age of a fish)
- Seafood
- Walking fish
- Forage fish
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External links
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- ANGFA - Illustrated database of freshwater fishes of Australia and New Guinea
- Ecology Asia - Photos and facts on freshwater fishes of Southeast Asia
- Fischinfos.de - Illustrated database of the freshwater fishes of Germany (German)
- 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
- 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 Nation - Fisheries and Aquaculture Department: Fish and seafood utilization
- University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections - Digital collection of freshwater and marine fish images