This is aWikiProject, an open group of Wikipedia editors. New participants are welcome; feel free totalk to us! Guide to WikiProjects Directory of WikiProjects

Shortcut WP:FISHWP:FISH

WikiProject Fishes aims to help organise our rapidly growing collection of articles aboutfishtaxa. Issues outside the scope of this WikiProject include fishkeeping (fishaquarium topics), fishing, fisheries, fish cuisine topics, fish farm topics, fish market topics, fish processing topics, fish product sales topics, fish products topics, and fish trap topics.

At the end of October 2021, there were33,888 articles within the project's scope. During October 2021, the most popular 500 articles received7,931,480 views, averaging 255,854 views per day.

This WikiProject is an offshoot ofWikiProject Tree of Life:

WikiProject Science.

WikiProject Biology

WikiProject Tree of Life

WikiProject Animals

WikiProject Fishes

It is the parent project of:

WikiProject Aquarium Fishes

WikiProject Fisheries and Fishing (co-parent withWikiProject Sports)

WikiProject Sharks

It is worth keeping one eye on several Wikiprojects that overlap with this one, including:

• WikiProject Cephalopods
• WikiProject Cetaceans
• WikiProject Conservation worldwide
• WikiProject Ecoregions
• WikiProject Marine life

The Fish Portal is the associated portal of WikiProject Fishes.

For recruiting additional members, seeusers associating themselves with fish.

1. Alextejthompson (talk ·contribs)
2. Antarctic-adventurer (talk ·contribs) - any but has a fondness for tropical reef fish
3. Atsme (talk ·contribs) - all species but with some level of expertise in tropical reef fishes, and the largest freshwater ancestral species.
4. Bruinfan12 (talk ·contribs) - Seahorses and pipefish, et al.
5. Clumpus (talk ·contribs) - Fish biologist expanding and updating articles on north Atlantic fishes.
6. Cwmhiraeth (talk ·contribs)
7. Dan Koehl (talk ·contribs)
8. Daniel Mietchen (talk ·contribs) - mainly images and references
9. Enlil Ninlil (talk ·contribs)
10. Epipelagic (talk ·contribs) – I've developed many articles for this project, mostly about fish types, habitats and ecology or related to fisheries.
11. Esoxid (talk ·contribs) (Created 2 fish articles before signing up here.Black scabbardfish andAmphiprion akallopisos)
12. Fastily (talk ·contribs)
13. Gasmasque (talk ·contribs) Mainly editing articles relating to extinct fishes, with a strong interest in Antarctic and deep-sea extant fishes as well.
14. Ginkgo100 (talk ·contribs)
15. GunnarBonk (talk ·contribs) Lover of fishes, specificallywrasses andsalmonids. Not active much, but would love to help in any way I can.
16. History person 2 (talk ·contribs) I am interested in fish
17. HolyCrocsEmperor (talk ·contribs) Hiii I just created articles for mostgrayling species and now start working on other freshwater species in Russia and East Asia! Have a good day!
18. Hyperik (talk ·contribs)
19. InfamousArgyle (talk ·contribs) I do a lot of work with marine fish of the North Pacific and I want to elevate our wider knowledge of them!
20. Innotata (talk ·contribs)
21. jj1691 (talk ·contribs)
22. Jokrez (talk ·contribs) I hate fish stubs, so I make them bigger
23. Kelubact (talk ·contribs) Freshwater fish
24. Kodiak Blackjack (talk ·contribs)
25. Knight of Gloucestershire (talk ·contribs) I like fish. They're fascinating and it's lovely to know more about them init?
26. Kraftlos (talk ·contribs)
27. Lerdsuwa (talk ·contribs)
28. lfstevens (talk ·contribs)
29. MChGilbert (talk ·contribs) Fish biologist/anatomist studying a variety of fish taxa, from pupfishes to cichlids to bramids. Editing when I have the time.
30. Micromesistius (talk ·contribs)
31. Mike Cline (talk ·contribs) Interested in expanding and improving all articles on North AmericanSalmonidae
32. Mitternacht90 (talk ·contribs)
33. Naiadpress (talk ·contribs) I LOVE sharks
34. Nick Thorne (talk ·contribs)
35. OceanGunfish (talk ·contribs) Lifelong fish enthusiast with particular interest inCentrarchidae family
36. operculum_ben (talk ·contribs) - iNaturalist to Wikipedia pipeline.
37. Pbsouthwood (talk ·contribs) Sporadic editor on marine organisms of Southern Africa, including fishes.
38. Plantdrew (talk ·contribs)
39. popcorned (talk ·contribs) Pupfish. Lots of Pupfish. Main Goal: Makeichthyology better.
40. Primium (talk ·contribs)
41. Pteronura brasiliensis (talk ·contribs) I got interested in this sort of thing for theFish Quiz itself I am willing and ready to help!
42. Quetzal1964 (talk ·contribs)
43. Rickie Elizabeth (talk ·contribs) I try to add more to fish articles that are stubs
44. Rlendog (talk ·contribs)
45. Ryan shell (talk ·contribs) (ive created 12 articles for this project, but i just realised i didnot sign the project page)
46. Snugglyaggron (talk ·contribs) Autopatrolled user with more than 50 pages under my belt. Largely focused on neotropocal characiformes.
47. Stan Shebs (talk ·contribs)
48. Stefan (talk ·contribs)
49. TeaDrinker (talk ·contribs)
50. Vihaking277 (talk ·contribs) Editing or creating drafts for articles, especially of Sri Lankan fish.
51. Wilhelmina Will (talk ·contribs) I've recently created many fish species articles, and a genus article, and am interested in creating many more.
52. Wolverine XI (talk ·contribs) I lovesharks
53. Ykvach (talk ·contribs) - Yuriy Kvach

SeeCategory:WikiProject Fishes participants for participants who have associated themselves with the project using the{{User WPFishes}} or{{User WPFishes2}} userboxes.

Articles should normally be about particular taxa. For example:

• Class:Actinopterygii
• Order:Catfish,Cypriniformes
• Family:Gourami,Centrarchidae
• Genus:Black bass,Lepomis
• Species:Largemouth bass,Micropterus salmoides

If a family has only a single genus, the family name should redirect to the article on the genus (e.g.,Elassomatidae). If a genus has only a single species, articles using the common name should redirect to the species (e.g.,Centrarchus), whereas articles using the binomial should redirect to the genus (e.g.,Boesemania microlepis). Exceptions are also made for articles where the genus name has a disambiguator in parentheses (e.g.,Bullockia (fish)).

When a genus contains only a small number of similar species, the articles may be combined with the article on the genus (e.g.,Crappie, which includes the white crappie,Pomoxis annularis, and the black crappie,P. nigromaculatus.)

Also see the lists atTkinias/Fish,SpeciesFishes1,SpeciesFishes2,SpeciesFishes3, andMarineFishList

Common names should be written in sentence case rather than title case, following normal English usage and that ofFishBase. Use, for example, "largemouth bass", not "Largemouth Bass". Place names or personal names that form part of a common name remain capitalized, hence "Guadalupe bass" (in reference to theGuadalupe River) or "White Cloud Mountain minnow" (in reference toWhite Cloud Mountain in China).

• Use systematic or "scientific" names according to established biological usage.
• Capitalize but do not italicize names oftaxa higher thangenus, e.g., the family Exocoetidae.
• Capitalize and italicizegeneric names, e.g.,Xiphophorus.
• Italicize but do not capitalizespecific epithets.
• Refer tospecies using full names, e.g.,Xiphophorus hellerii orX. hellerii but nothellerii.
• Neither italicize nor capitalize anglicizations of systematic names, e.g., "thepumpkinseed is aperciform fish".

Article naming for fishes differs, as detailed below, fromNaming conventions (fauna).

Use the common name for any species that satisfies at least one of the following criteria:

• 1(i) The species has a single common name that is widely used and never used for any other species. While the species in question may have additional common names, those names are rarely used. Example:Greenland halibut.
• 1(ii) The species has a widely recognised common name that is so rarely applied to other species that confusion as to the subject of the article is unlikely to arise. Example:Guppy.
• 1(iii) Within the area where the species is endemic and/or of commercial importance, only a single common name is used by the relevant legal, conservation, fisheries or local institutions, even though other common names may exist. Example:Atlantic salmon.
• 1(iv) The species has a common name that is normally separated from similar common names by use of geographical, descriptive, or other modifications to those names. Once differentiated, these names satisfy criteria i, ii, or iii above. Examples:Shovelnose sturgeon,Little shovelnose sturgeon,False shovelnose sturgeon.

Use the Latin name for any species that fails to satisfy criteria 1(i) to 1(iv), including such situations as the following:

• 2(i) The same common name is regularly applied to multiple species. Example:Green spotted puffer.
• 2(ii) There is no single common name used for the species. Example:Black widow tetra (a.k.a.Black tetra,Petticoat tetra).
• 2(iii) The species has different common names in different English-speaking countries. Example:Plec (UK),pleco (US).
• 2(iv) The species simply has no widely used common name. Example:Dermogenys sumatrana.

Guidelines

• Regardless of the title used, articles should include the scientific name in bold and italics and all significant English common names in bold in the first paragraph (and preferably the first sentence).
• The first paragraph should differentiate the fish from other species with which it might be confused. This may be done by explaining the ambiguity, with links to other fish (e.g., attilapia), or by mentioning geographical distribution, for example:

Theguppy (Poecilia reticulata), also known as themillionsfish, is a small fresh and brackish water fish from Central America.

• Disambiguate species that might be confused by using a disambiguationhatnote (e.g., atfreshwater hatchetfish). A simple form of disambiguation hatnote is:

This article is about the <put text>; for the <put text> see <put link>.

• Create adisambiguation page when the ambiguity involves many fish and a hatnote would be too long. Example:Tigerfish.
• Before renaming articles, discuss the reasons for doing so on the Talk page. In cases of disputed naming, where aconsensus cannot be reached on the article's Talk page, the matter should be discussed at WikiProject Fishes to allow a consensus decision to be reached.

Regional lists of species

Lists of fish species should follow the form:List of fishes of <Region>. The definite article may be needed for the name of some regions. Note that "List of fish of ..." is incorrect when dealing with a list of the species.

Articles on taxa above species should be titled using the common name, if one exists and is unambiguous. Otherwise, the scientific epithet should be used. When FishBase or other references give a common name of "xes andys" or "xes orys" for a higher taxon, the scientific epithet (possibly anglicized) should be used for the article title.

Articles on taxa above the generic level should be titled with the Latin form of the name and not the anglicization, e.g.Cyprinidae notcyprinid, andPerciformes notperciform. The anglicizations may be freely used in article text however.

For taxa between species up to and including order articles should follow Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (Ecof)https://www.calacademy.org/scientists/catalog-of-fishes-classification/ . The taxonomy used in taxoboxes for taxa up to and including order should be based on Ecof.

For extinct taxa, i,e, where that taxon is not included in Ecof, and for levels above that of order then editors should follow the the 5th edition ofFishes of the World. For example the for theplacoderms we would followFishes of the World but for the genusJefitchia, a sciaenid, we would use Ecof's taxonomy because that taxon is within an extant lineage. Editors should have access to a full copy of the 5th edition of Catalog of Fishes in the Wikipedia Libraryhttps://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/doi/book/10.1002/9781119174844 . If the FotW taxonomy is shown to be outdated or contrary to the current expert consensus in recent scientific papers, alternative schemes may be followed instead.

Any Taxonomy section in an article should note different classification schemes, where relevant, particularly where Ecof differs fromFishes of the World, Deepfinhttps://bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3 and Near & Thacker's Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii)https://bioone.org/journals/bulletin-of-the-peabody-museum-of-natural-history/volume-65/issue-1/014.065.0101/Phylogenetic-Classification-of-Living-and-Fossil-Ray-Finned-Fishes-Actinopterygii/10.3374/014.065.0101.full

The taxonomy template should be referenced to Ecof for taxa at and below the level of order, and toFishes of the World 5th ed for taxa above the level of order.

• Note: When listing the species authority (the author(s) who originally named the species or subspecies of interest), in the taxobox or elsewhere, parentheses matter. For example, "Foogenus fishii Smith, 1900" has a subtly different meaning than "Foogenus fishii (Smith, 1900)". Parentheses indicate that Smith originally placedfishii in a different genus, and the species was subsequently placed inFoogenus. See more atBinomial nomenclature andTemplate:Taxobox#Authorities (Animalia usage).

Wikipedia categories should be created for well-known families, using the plural of the common name of the family (Category:Centrarchidae orCategory:Cyprinidae), and for orders, using the common name (e.g.,Category:Catfishes) or the scientific epithet (e.g.,Category:Cyprinodontiformes). For very small families (e.g., thepygmy sunfishes), only the order category may be used, but usage must be consistent among members of a family.

Warmouth
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Secure (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Centrarchiformes
Family:	Centrarchidae
Genus:	Lepomis
Species:	L. gulosus
Binomial name
Lepomis gulosus (G. Cuvier, 1829)
Synonyms[3]
Pomotis gulosusCuvier, 1829 Chaenobryttus gulosus(Cuvier, 1829) Chaenobryttus coronarius(Bartram, 1791)

All articles on taxa should have taxoboxes (constructed using the taxobox templates, not built from scratch) including kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. SeeWikipedia:Automated taxobox system for the full details of taxobox construction.

An example taxobox, for thewarmouth (Lepomis gulosus), is given at right.

An image should be included in the taxobox if an appropriate one is available.

Higher taxa should use images reflecting their types, if possible. For example,Lepomis uses an image ofL. auritus, theredbreast sunfish, which is thetype species of the genus, whileCentrarchidae uses an image ofCentrarchus macropterus, theflier, which is the type (and only) species ofCentrarchus, the type genus of Centrarchidae.

The taxobox image should ideally picture a single fish, facing left, in a horizontal orientation, cropped to 20 percent of the fish's length around the fish's body, and should be 250 pixels wide. (The image should not be resized manually; the full-size image should be uploaded and markup used to create the 250px image. Note that very large images may be resized before upload so that they will fit in a normal browser window when enlarged.) For articles long enough to warrant inclusion of additional images, these may be placed as thumbnails in the article body, ideally showing the fish in its native environment.

Note that images of fishes which do not possess right-left symmetry should not be flipped to obtain a left-facing fish; doing so would, for example, convert arighteye flounder into alefteye flounder.

Text captions should not be used on taxobox images in species articles, but in articles on higher taxa, the article caption should indicate the species pictured (if known), in the format "[[Common name]] (''Genus species'')". If the species depicted is not known, the caption should identify the fish as closely as possible, as in "Pygmy sunfish (Elassoma sp.)"

It is always beneficial to have a picture that communicates a sense of scale. This can be achieved by

• placing standard sized physical objects next to the fish (human hand or body, tape measure, etc.), before taking the photo. Sometimes the background scenery will already do the job.
• painting a measuring scale into an existing image, if you know its exact scale (that's not the same as knowing the average size of the species, btw).
• painting a reference shape (human silhouette, etc.) into the picture, if your idea about the scale is less accurate.
• painting a measuring scale is highly unscientific if it is based on nothing but a guess. In this case you should use the image as it is!

Anyway, any image is better than no image - esp. if you have only third party material available, or if you don't want to get the animal out of its living environment.

The first paragraph should give the common and systematic names of the taxon featured in the article, as well as some information about its classification. Species articles should follow the form:

Thefoofish (Barus foous) is aspecies offreshwaterfish in thebazfamily (familyBazidae) oforderQuuxiformes. It is native to theBig River basin inRuritania.

Higher order articles should follow the form:

Barus is agenus offreshwaterfish in thebazfamily (familyBazidae) oforderQuuxiformes. Thetype species is thecommon barfish (B. vulgaris), and fishes of this genus are known as thebarfishes.

Succeeding paragraphs should give, in order (omitting paragraphs for which no information is available):

1. Taxonomy (includes classification, evolution, subspecies, etymology of name (especially for genus names, which FishBase normally provides), alternate common names, important binomial synonyms, etc.
2. Description, including size, weight, and age data from FishBase
3. Distribution and habitat
4. Feeding, diet, and related information
5. Reproduction (life-cycle, breeding, etc.)
6. Importance to humans (aquarium fish, game fish, commercial fishing, research uses, etc.)
7. Conservation status (if not Secure) for species, including explanation for the classification, and mention of members classified as Vulnerable or worse for higher taxa
8. Trivia (state fish, national emblem, ships bearing the name, other uses of the name, etc.)

Information on keeping fish in an aquarium should be put in a section entitled "In the aquarium". Breeding and dietary information pertaining to captive fish should go here, rather than in the main section, which should refer primarily to the fish in its natural habitat.

Other sections may address topics of interest warranting discussion longer than a brief paragraph.

Every article should include a section entitled "References", with a bullet-list of sources. Every article should include a citation there of the relevant entries inFishBase and, if possible,ITIS. It is not necessary to includeFishes of the World unless it has been used as a source for the article. Other sources for information in the article should be included, following normal citation format.

Templates exist for citing FishBase and ITIS, and these should be used.

For a FishBase entry on an order, use:

{{FishBase order | order = Bariformes | year = YYYY | month = Month}}

For a FishBase entry on a family, use:

{{FishBase family | family = Baridae | year = YYYY | month = Month}}

For a FishBase entry on a genus, use:

{{FishBase genus | genus = Barus | year = YYYY | month = Month}}

For most FishBase entries on species, use:

{{FishBase species | genus = Barus | species = foous | year = YYYY | month = Month}}

For most FishBase entries on subspecies, use:

{{FishBase subspecies | genus = Barus | species = foous | subspecies = subfoous | year = YYYY | month = Month}}

For FishBase entries that are problematic for the above templates, get the numeric ID from their URL and use:

{{FishBase species alt | ID = ???? | taxon = Barus foous foous | year = YYYY | month = Month}}

For all FishBase templates,year andmonth refer to the FishBase revision consulted,not the date on which you consulted FishBase; the revision can be found from theFishBase home page.

For an ITIS entry, use:

{{ITIS | ID = ????? | taxon = ''Barus foous'' | year = YYYY | date = DD Month}}

For the ITIS template,year anddate refer to the date on which ITIS was consulted. Date can be in either U.S. or international format, as it will be wikified.

Web sites or pages not used as sources for the article (except for FishBase and ITIS) should appear in a section entitled "External links" (using the plural even if only one link is present).

WikiProject Fishes' project banner is{{WikiProject Fishes}}. Please place at the top of an appropriate talk page. Placing the template on the talk page will help to direct editors to this WikiProject Fishes main page. This is how the template will look when it has been added:

Fishes

This article is part ofWikiProject Fishes, an attempt to organise a detailed guide to all topics related toFish taxa. To participate, you can edit the attached article, or contribute further atWikiProject Fishes. This project is an offshoot of theWikiProject Tree of Life.FishesWikipedia:WikiProject FishesTemplate:WikiProject FishesFishes ??? This article has not yet received a rating on theproject's importance scale.

Remember to mark up stub articles with the appropriate stub template at the bottom of the article. This automatically adds it to the appropriate page and inserts the banners to the bottom of the page. These are the current stub templates:

Stub name	Category	Usage	Number of articles in stub category	Banner
{{catfish-stub}}	Category:Siluriformes stubs	Any fish of the orderSiluriformes	681	Thiscatfish-related article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. v t e
{{characiformes-stub}}	Category:Characiformes stubs	Any fish of the orderCharaciformes	515	ThisCharaciformes-related article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. v t e
{{Perciformes-stub}}	Category:Perciformes stubs	Any fish belonging to the orderPerciformes other thanCichlids	496	ThisPerciformes article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. v t e
{{cichlidae-stub}}	Category:Cichlidae stubs	Any fish of the familyCichlidae	798	ThisCichlidae-related article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. v t e
{{Cypriniformes-stub}}	Category:Cypriniformes stubs	Any fish of the orderCypriniformes	147	ThisCypriniformes-related article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. v t e
{{shark-stub}}	Category:Shark stubs	Any fish of the superorderSelachimorpha	215	Thisshark-related article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. v t e
{{Rajiformes-stub}}	Category:Rajiformes stubs	Any fish articles in orderRajiformes	188	ThisRajiformes article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. v t e
{{Acipenseriformes-stub}}	upmerged toCategory:Ray-finned fish stubs *	Any fish of the orderAcipenseriformes	N/A	This orderAcipenseriformes (Sturgeon andPaddlefish) related article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. v t e
{{Cyprinodontiformes-stub}}	Category:Cyprinodontiformes stubs	Any fish of the orderCyprinodontiformes	343	ThisCyprinodontiformes article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. v t e
{{Osteoglossiformes-stub}}	Category:Osteoglossiformes stubs	Any fish of the orderOsteoglossiformes	63	ThisOsteoglossiformes-related article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. v t e
{{Pleuronectiformes-stub}}	Category:Pleuronectiformes stubs	Any fish of the orderPleuronectiformes	239	ThisPleuronectoidei-related article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. v t e
{{Salmoniformes-stub}}	Category:Salmoniformes stubs	Any fish of the orderSalmoniformes	83	ThisSalmoniformes article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. v t e
{{Scorpaeniformes-stub}}	Category:Scorpaeniformes stubs	Any fish of the orderScorpaeniformes	371	ThisPerciformes article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. v t e
{{Atheriniformes-stub}}	Category:Atheriniformes stubs	Any fish of the orderAtheriniformes	172	ThisAtheriniformes article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. v t e
{{Tetraodontiformes-stub}}	Category:Tetraodontiformes stubs	Any fish of the orderTetraodontiformes	293	ThisTetraodontiformes article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. v t e
{{paleo-fish-stub}}	Category:Prehistoric fish stubs	Anyprehistoric fish articles	33	This article about aprehistoric fish is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. v t e
{{Rayfinned-fish-stub}}	Category:Ray-finned fish stubs	Any other ray-finned fish articles (ClassActinopterygii)	597	ThisActinopterygii (ray-finned fish) related article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. v t e
{{fishkeeping-stub}}	Category:Fishkeeping stubs	Fishkeeping-related articles	30	Thisfishkeeping-related article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. v t e
{{fish-stub}}	Category:Fish stubs	Any other articles related to fish	27	This fish-related article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. v t e
{{Labridae-stub}}	Category:Labridae stubs	Any fish of the familyLabridae.	19	ThisLabridae article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. v t e

The pages were counted on January 18, 2023.

* Stub templates with very few articles are often upmerged into a parent category. To propose a separate category, please visitWikipedia:WSS/P.

Please make sure to add articles to the appropriate categories among the ones listed onWikipedia:WikiProject Fishes/Categories. If there are any categories that you think should be created, please request them in the tasklist on this page or on thetalk page.

In some cases, there might be more appropriate ways to group articles thancategories, such aslists orarticle series boxes. For more information, seeWikipedia:Categories, lists, and series boxes.

This user is a member of WikiProject Fishes.

{{User WPFishes}}

This user is a member of WikiProject Fishes.

{{User WPFishes2}}

Userbox enthusiasts may want to add one of these userboxes to their userpage to show that they are members of this WikiProject, by adding{{User WPFishes}} or{{User WPFishes2}}. For more userboxes, seeadditional fish related userboxes.

• Awarded to users who've shown great editing skills in improving articles related toFish.

{{The Fishy Barnstar|put your message here ~~~~}}

		The Fishy Barnstar
		put your message here ~~~~

or
{{The Fishy Barnstar|put your message here ~~~~|alt}}

		The Fishy Barnstar
		put your message here ~~~~

SeeWikiProject Fishes/Assessment.

Fishes articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		4	9	8			21
GA	2	4	35	119			160
B	2	40	86	235		10	373
C	4	57	271	1,025		35	1,392
Start		20	566	4,643		85	5,314
Stub		3	361	18,104		2,078	20,546
List		5	24	171	18	19	237
Category					3,586		3,586
Disambig					349		349
File					168		168
Portal					52		52
Project					41		41
Redirect			14	488	963		1,465
Template					8,170		8,170
Other					5		5
Assessed	8	133	1,366	24,793	13,352	2,227	41,879
Total	8	133	1,366	24,793	13,352	2,227	41,879
WikiWork factors (?)		ω =156,789			Ω = 5.64

Good article nominees

• 10 Nov 2025 –Holocephali(talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated byGasmasque(t · c); startdiscussion

Good article reassessments

• 22 Nov 2025 –Spotted eagle ray(talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment byZ1720(t · c); seediscussion

Requested moves

• 15 Nov 2025 –Anableps dowei(talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved toAnableps dowii byAsethm(t · c); seediscussion

Articles to be split

• 08 Sep 2025 –Cosmopolitodus(talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting byMacrophyseter(t · c); seediscussion
• 07 Aug 2022 –List of halal and kosher fish(talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting byJediMasterMacaroni(t · c); seediscussion
• 17 Jan 2022 –River Monsters(talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by65.92.246.142(t · c); seediscussion

Articles for creation

• 21 Nov 2025 –Draft:Pacific Sand Lance Draft(talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC byGrovesEdits(t · c)
• 15 Nov 2025 –Draft:Chloe's Sicyopus(talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC byCbstretz(t · c)
• 15 Nov 2025 –Draft:Blue Tiger Piranha(talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by45dogs(t · c) was accepted toBlue tiger piranha(talk · edit · hist) byNil NZ(t · c) on 18 Nov 2025

SeeWikiProject Fishes/Popular pages.

Pacific jack mackerel (edit |talk |history |protect |delete |links |watch |logs |views)

SinceImage:Trachurus symmetricus baitball.jpg is the image used on the project banner, it is important that the articlePacific jack mackerel be improved. Please work together to improve the article on Pacific jack mackerel.

Neon highfin barb (edit |talk |history |protect |delete |links |watch |logs |views)

I originally nominated the article for deletion as original research. There seems to be some confusion with this article about whether it represents a distinct species and whether it's actually been scientifically described. It's been improved, but it'd be great if an expert wouldcomment on the AfD, improve the article, or otherwise help us figure this one out.Graymornings_(talk)11:30, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

SeeWikipedia:WikiProject Fishes/Peer review

Any fish article requiring a review may be placed here for review specifically by members of the wikiproject.

• Bluespotted stingray
• Nuptial tubercles

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See alsothe tool's wiki page andthe index of WikiProjects.

Here are some tasks you can do, as organized by theWikiProject Fishes, if you are interested, please sign up on the project page. Copyedit: Expand:Barb (fish species),fishing industry,Greater Argentine,Gold Spot Pleco,Fish anatomy,Black goby,Poecilia caucana,Arrowtooth flounder,Paiute cutthroat trout,Serrasalmus,Pygocentrus,Greater pipefish,Lesser pipefish Develop featured article:Ocean sunfish is in danger of losing itsfeatured article status - improvement urgently needed. Peer review:Spring cavefish,Convict cichlid,Hoplosternum littorale,Shortnose sturgeon Article requests:Missing topics about Fish,Devonian Fish Project article requests,Jörg Freyhof Picture request:Phreatobius cisternarum,Scoloplax,Nematogenys inermis,Chiapas catfish (Upload any non-copyrighted fish images to the appropriate section ofWikimedia Commons) Identify images: Identify and move fish-related images to the appropriate sections ofWikimedia Commons, especially images ofunidentified fish Collaboration:Pacific jack mackerel (edit |talk |history |protect |delete |links |watch |logs |views) Assessment: Assess the quality and importance of fish articles Other: ExpandFish anatomy andFish locomotion, Create articles for the two missing families in thePerciformes (Bembropidae andZanclorhynchidae). MergeGLAM/ARKive donated texts into articles about endangered species. If you have any question, comment or suggestion, please discussionhere.

This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly byJL-Bot (talk ·contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it istagged (e.g.{{WikiProject Fishes}}) orcategorized correctly and wait for the next update. SeeWP:RECOG for configuration options.

• 
  2017, cuba, jardines aggressor, los indios, nassau grouper maw (36883128693)
• 
  2017, cuba, jardines aggressor, playa bonita, spineyhead blennie (23700572188)
• 
  Altolamprologus compressiceps - Karlsruhe Zoo 01
• 
  Andinoacara rivulatus - Karlsruhe Zoo 01 edit1
• 
  Anemone purple anemonefish
• 
  Antler coral (Pocillopora grandis) with blue damselfish (Pomacentrus pavo) Moorea
• 
  Apogónido (Ostorhinchus aureus), islas Ad Dimaniyat, Omán, 2024-08-15, DD 05
• 
  Arnoglossus laterna larva
• 
  Astronotus ocellatus
• 
  Atlantic Spadefish PLW edit
• 
  Australian blenny
• 
  Balantiocheilos melanopterus - Karlsruhe Zoo 02
• 
  Barrilete negro (Euthynnus lineatus), San José del Cabo, Baja California, México, 2024-12-21, DD 16
• 
  Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) Moorea
• 
  Blénido trescolas (Helcogramma striata), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-25, DD 40
• 
  Borracho mono (Ophioblennius steindachneri), Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, México, 2024-12-18, DD 80
• 
  Botete cara de perro (Arothron nigropunctatus), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-25, DD 64
• 
  Caesio teres in Fiji by Nick Hobgood
• 
  Chaetodon melannotus edit4
• 
  Chain moray eel
• 
  Chaunax stigmaeus dorsal view2
• 
  Faneca (Trisopterus luscus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-29, DD 43
• 
  Fire dartfish (Nemateleotris magnifica) (43372442502)
• 
  Flounder camo md
• 
  Flughahn
• 
  Gallito (Stephanolepis hispidus), franja marina Teno-Rasca, Tenerife, España, 2022-01-06, DD 16
• 
  Georgia Aquarium - Giant Grouper
• 
  Gymnocephalus cernuus Pärnu River Estonia 2010-01-06
• 
  Hippocampus hippocampus (on Ascophyllum nodosum)
• 
  Hypoplectrus guttavarius - Wilhelma 01
• 
  Icefishuk
• 
  Isurus oxyrinchus Machoire
• 
  Koi feeding, National Arboretum
• 
  Labiudo africano (Plectorhinchus gaterinus), Zanzíbar, Tanzania, 2024-05-31, DD 03
• 
  Lenguado (Pardachirus marmoratus), Zanzíbar, Tanzania, 2024-05-31, DD 32
• 
  Leopard shark in kelp
• 
  Lábrido (Hemigymnus fasciatus), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-25, DD 222
• 
  Lábrido tablero a cuadros (Halichoeres hortulanus), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-19, DD 43
• 
  MC Rotfeuerfisch
• 
  Macropodus opercularis - side (aka) edit
• 
  Maroc Marrakech Agdal Luc Viatour 1
• 
  Mero (Epinephelus marginatus), Cabo de Palos, España, 2022-07-15, DD 34
• 
  Moma amarilla (Tripterygion delaisi), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-20, DD 29
• 
  Moma amarilla (Tripterygion delaisi), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-29, DD 32
• 
  Morena del Mediterráneo (Muraena helena), Regga, Gozo, Malta, 2021-08-23, DD 14
• 
  Paracirrhites forsteri Forsters Hawkfish juvenile Papua New Guinea by Nick Hobgood
• 
  Pargo Coconaco (Hoplopagrus guentherii), Cabo Pulmo, Baja California, México, 2024-12-19, DD 24
• 
  Peacock Flounder Bothus mancus in Kona
• 
  Pennant coralfish melb aquarium edit2
• 
  Petaca banderita (Abudefduf troschelii), Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, México, 2024-12-18, DD 101
• 
  Pez ballesta (Balistes capriscus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-23, DD 24
• 
  Pez ballesta ondulado (Balistapus undulatus), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-15, DD 45
• 
  Pez cocodrilo (Papilloculiceps longiceps), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-27, DD 71
• 
  Pez globo (Arothron stellatus), Ras Katy, Sharm el-Sheij, Egipto, 2022-03-26, DD 119
• 
  Pez lija pintado (Aluterus scriptus), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-19, DD 47
• 
  Pez murciélago orbicular (Platax orbicularis), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-19, DD 01
• 
  Pez ángel (Apolemichthys trimaculatus), Zanzíbar, Tanzania, 2024-05-30, DD 74
• 
  Pez ángel de barra amarilla (Pomacanthus maculosus), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-26, DD 138
• 
  Pez ángel emperador (Pomacanthus imperator), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-17, DD 104
• 
  Pez ángel real (Pygoplites diacanthus), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-26, DD 155
• 
  Pink whipray (Pateobatis fai) Moorea
• 
  Platax Orbicularis in the Egyptian Red Sea
• 
  Porcupine ray from Lakshadweep JJH edit
• 
  Psetta maxima Luc Viatour
• 
  Pterois volitans Manado-e edit
• 
  Ptychochromis insolitus - Wilhelma 01
• 
  Puffin (Fratercula arctica) with lesser sand eels (Ammodytes tobianus)
• 
  Pygocentrus nattereri - Karlsruhe Zoo 01
• 
  Ranisapo de Commerson (Antennarius commerson), Zanzíbar, Tanzania, 2024-05-31, DD 10
• 
  Raya de arrecife (Taeniura lymma), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-14, DD 64
• 
  Red Fish at Papahānaumokuākea (cropped)
• 
  Rhinogobius flumineus(Hamamatsu,Shizuoka,Japan)
• 
  Sabella pavonina - Hippocampus hippocampus - Porto Cesareo, Italy (DSC2314M)
• 
  Salmonete de roca (Mullus surmuletus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-21, DD 59
• 
  Salmonlarvakils
• 
  Seahorse Skeleton Macro 8 - edit
• 
  Sketchbook of fishes - 25. (Longnose) Saw shark - William Buelow Gould, c1832
• 
  Snowflake moray in Kona
• 
  Spotted Trunkfish
• 
  Stargazer snake eel (Brachysomophis cirrocheilos) (14419490013)
• 
  Symphorichthys spilurus - Wilhelma 01
• 
  Synchiropus splendidus 2 Luc Viatour
• 
  Thrissops cf formosus 01
• 
  White shark
• 
  Wirecoral goby
• 
  Zebrasoma flavescens Luc Viatour
• 
  Ídolo moro (Zanclus cornutus), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-25, DD 233