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* The Water Folk from ''[[Moribito Guardian of the Spirit]]''.

* The Fishmen from ''[[One Piece]]''. Their sister species are the Merfolk, traditional mermaids. The two species get along pretty well and can even interbreed, but the Fishmen tend to be more aggressive and angry towards humans while the Merfolk are light-hearted and naive. Also Fishmen are [[Super Strength|10x stronger than humans from birth]] and can [[Making a Splash|use water as a weapon]].

* People with fish for heads (yes, that's right, ''fish for heads'') from another planet are shown in the fifth arc of the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' manga. They can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ixdkIOhwVE&feature=related here at about 3:36.]

 

* Abe Sapien from the ''[[Hellboy (comics)|Hellboy]]'' comic and its adaptations in other media.

* Triton from the [[Marvel Universe]].

* Fishy Pete from [[The Goon]].

 

* The [[Creature from the Black Lagoon]] (aka the Gill-Man), pictured above, is probably the most famous Fish Person, and certainly the [[Trope Codifier]]. He starred in three films—the self-titled first movie and its sequels ''[[Revenge of the Creature]]'' and ''[[The Creature Walks Among Us]]''.

* The Missing Link from ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]'' is a [[Creature from the Black Lagoon]]-esque fish-man.

 

 

* [[H.P. Lovecraft]]'s [[Cthulhu Mythos|Deep Ones]], first appearing in ''[[The Shadow Over Innsmouth]]'', are one of the oldest and most nightmarish examples.

* Michael Reaves and Steve Perry's novel ''[[Dome]]'' is set at a futuristic undersea research lab. One of its residents volunteers to be genetically modified into a Fish Person in order to better survive the underwater environment.

** In his defense, he's a [[Determinator]] who manages to keep Jill and Eustace going, and the sole member of his group who remembers the quest when the others were distracted by promises of food and comfort from Harfang. He realized that [[The Vamp|the Lady of the Green Kirtle]] and [[Super Fun Happy Thing of Doom|the Gentle Giants of Harfang]] were not to be trusted long before his companions did. And he has several [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|incredibly epic moments]], the most memorable being a [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] which proved that he ''wasn't'' always a complete pessimist.

 

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has famously featured the [[Doctor Who/Recap/S9/E03 The Sea Devils|Sea Devils]], as well as a more literal kind of Fish People in [[Doctor Who/Recap/S4/E05 The Underwater Menace|The Underwater Menace]]. The new series has the [[Doctor Who/Recap/S30/E06 The Doctor's Daughter|Hath]], which are definitely more human-like, and the [[Doctor Who/Recap/S31/E06 The Vampires of Venice|Saturnynians]], fish-like aliens with insectoid exoskeletons.

** The Expanded Universe has the Krill and the Selachians, as well as one-time [[Doctor Who Magazine]] companion Destrii.

* The Antedeans in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''.

 

* The "Forevers" from Planet Y in the ''[[Ayreon]]'' saga.

* [[Kate Bush]]'s label is called Fish People. Its mascot is a person whose head is a fish.

* UK Hard trance label Tinrib stands out as having a nautical theme, complete with one of these as their mascot.

 

* One legend pertaining to the legendary Merovingian Dynasty claims that they were descendants of Fish People. The writers of the ''[[Holy Blood Holy Grail]]'', and ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'' decided to interpret this as that they were in fact the descendants of Jesus Christ, since early Christians used a stylized fish as their symbol, not to mention that the Greek word for fish, ''icthys'', formed a nice acronym of Jesus's name and titles. There isn't an ounce more evidence to prove this theory than there is to prove actual Fish People's involvement, though.

** This seems to be based on a rather desperate interpretation. "Merovingian" means people of the sea, and so originally most likely referred to a people who lived on the coast, or settlers who came from overseas.

* According to Japanese mythology, earthquakes are caused by a giant catfish called the ''namazu''. Following the Great Ansei Earthquake that struck Edo (Tokyo) in 1855, a new type of watercolor blockprint, called ''namazu-e'' (catfish pictures) became popular. Examples featuring anthropomorphized catfish can be seen [http://pinktentacle.com/2011/04/namazu-e-earthquake-catfish-prints/ here].

 

* The locathah from ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', consciously designed after the [[Creature from the Black Lagoon]]. The sahuagin are another example that in many settings were brought into being by Sekolah, the god of sharks.

** The ''Savage Species'' supplement introduced the [[Funny Animal|anthropomorphic animal]] template, which can be applied to any creature with the Animal type, including mundane fish.

* ''[[Fifty Fathoms]]'' has fish people, crab people, squid people, dolphin people, seal people and (villainous) octopus people.

* The Sea Folk, a playable race in ''[[Blue Rose]]'', are technically more like Dolphin People—they can't actually breathe underwater (but can hold their breath for an hour or more), aren't scaly, and are portrayed as graceful and elegant rather than repulsive. They can also live on land and interbreed with normal humans, although they need to immerse themselves in water daily and usually stick near the coasts.

 

* The Barraki in ''[[Bionicle]]''.

* Lagoona Blue from ''[[Monster High]]'', who has a pretty strong case of the [[The Shadow Over Innsmouth|Innsmouth Look]] going on- blue skin, protruding eyes, full lips, a nose so flat as to be virtually nonexistent, fins on her arms and legs and serving as her ears, and webbed fingers. There's also her boyfriend, Gillington "Gil" Webber.

 

* The Zora from ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' games. They're actually [http://zelda.wikia.com/wiki/Zora much better looking] than most fish people.

* Rikuo Aulbath and the other mermen ([[Last of His Kind|the few that are left]]) from ''[[Darkstalkers]]''.

* ''[[Athena (video game)|Athena]]'' has these as enemies in the [[Under the Sea]] level.

 

* Des from ''[[Scary Go Round]]''.

* In a homage to [[H.P. Lovecraft]]'s [[Cthulhu Mythos|Deep Ones]], ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' makes jokes about the neighboring town of Innsmouth, where the police keep getting (supposedly) crank calls about fish people.

* [[Jerkass|Eridan]] and [[Genki Girl|Feferi]] from [[Homestuck]] are fish[[All Trolls Are Different|trolls]]. Eridan even lampshades it at one point to get Feferi to [[Pungeon Master|quit using fish puns]].

 

* The sea monster from the ''[[Jonny Quest]]'' episode "The Sea Haunt".

* Mer-Man and his fellow Aquaticans from ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]''.

 

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