List of fictional fish

This is a list of fictional fish from literature, animation and movies. This includes sharks and eels, both of which are fish. Cetaceans and seacows are aquatic mammals, not fish, and shellfish are mollusks, not fish, so they are therefore excluded.

Animation[edit]

Name Type Work Notes
Albert Fish The Dreamstone A dogfish.
Bea Goldfishberg Goldfish Fish Hooks An "overly-dramatic" goldfish who is Oscar's girlfriend.
Bikini Bottomites and other Fish Various fish SpongeBob SquarePants Fish that live in Bikini Bottom and other cities in the sea.
Blinky Mutant Fish The Simpsons A three-eyed fish.
Bruce Great white shark Finding Nemo Leader of a group of sharks that wants to give up eating fish.
Bubbles Bass PB&J Otter
Charlie Tuna StarKist brand tuna commercials Charlie the Tuna is the cartoon mascot and spokes-tuna for the StarKist brand. He was created in 1961 by Tom Rogers of the Leo Burnett Agency. Charlie the Tuna
Cleo Goldfish Pinocchio A goldfish owned by the wood-carver Geppetto.
Darwin Goldfish The Amazing World of Gumball A goldfish who gets adopted by the Watterson family.
Dennis Goldfish Stanley Stanley's talking pet goldfish
Destiny Whale shark Finding Dory A nearsighted whale shark who is Dory's childhood friend.
Don Lino Great white shark Shark Tale
Dory Pacific regal blue tang Finding Nemo A female palette surgeonfish in Disney's Pixar's Finding Nemo.
Electric Eel Eel Adventure Time
Evo Anglerfish Deep An clumsy anglerfish who is one of Deep's best friends .
Fang Mutant Shark Total Drama A two-legged shark
Finbar Shark Rubbadubbers
Fish Various fish Adventure Time
Fish in the Pacific Ocean and others Various fish Finding Nemo (franchise) Fish that live in the Pacific Ocean and other in anywhere.
Fish Out of Water Goldfish Chicken Little
Fishtronaut Goldfish Fishtronaut A Brazilian cartoon.
Flotsam and Jetsam Eel The Little Mermaid Ursula's pets in Disney's The Little Mermaid.
Flounder Tropical fish The Little Mermaid Ariel's sidekick in Disney's The Little Mermaid.
Frances Albacore Fish Cats Don't Dance A sassy, sarcastic fish who dances with Cranston Goat.
Giant Goldfish Goldfish Adventure Time Fish which is rided by Marceline the Vampire Queen
Gill Moorish idol Finding Nemo Leader of the Tank Gang.
Gummy Fish Candy fish Adventure Time Fish which is made from Candy, created by Princess Bubblegum.
Gyopi Goldfish Goldfish Warning!
Holu Rainbow colored divine fish from Hawai Portuguese OS Show Rui's Pet Fish
Jabberjaw Great white shark Jabberjaw A shark and main character of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon shorts.
Jarsh-Jarsh Mudskipper All Hail King Julien A mudskipper from All Hail King Julien
Jean-Claude (JC) Goldfish Bionic Max A goldfish that has water-cooled shorts
Kenny Tiger shark Kenny the Shark A shark and main character in the animated series.
Klaus Heisler Goldfish American Dad! Pet goldfish of the Smiths
Lenny Great white shark Shark Tale Vegetarian shark
Members of the Ocean Council Various fish Adventure Time Fish which conduct their politics.
Misterjaw Great white shark The Pink Panther and Friends produced at DePatie-Freleng Enterprises in 1976 for The Pink Panther and Friends television series on NBC.
Mr. Limpet Fish The Incredible Mr. Limpet A 1964 live-action/animated film from Warner Brothers.
Mr. Piranha Red-bellied piranha The Bad Guys The short-fused, loose-cannon "muscle", and the youngest of the gang that is also a really beautiful singer.
Mr. Shark Great white shark The Bad Guys A childish and sensitive master-of-disguise great white shark and the biggest member of the gang
Mr. Shark Blue shark Toy Story A shark squeaky toy who resides in Andy's toy box.
Mack Salmon Salmon The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police A human with a fishbowl for a head, Mack Salmon is really a fish who travels on top of a fake body.
Marlin Clownfish Finding Nemo Nemo's father
Milo Siamese fighting fish Fish Hooks An adventurous fish who is a self-proclaimed "party-guy".
Muddy Mudskipper Mudskipper Ren and Stimpy
Nemo Clownfish Finding Nemo a juvenile ocellaris clownfish in Disney's Pixar's Finding Nemo.
Mrs. Puff Pufferfish SpongeBob SquarePants A pufferfish with blonde hair, who is the owner and teacher of a boating school(analogous to driving school, as the "boats" are underwater equivalents to cars).
Oscar Bluestreak cleaner wrasse Shark Tale An underachieving worker in the Whale Wash of Reef City.
Oscar Catfish Fish Hooks A nervous catfish who is Milo's older brother.
Pi Carpenter's flasher wrasse Shark Bait A orange wrasse fish who lost his parents in a fishing net.
Ponyo / Brunhilde Goldfish Ponyo Ponyo befriends a five-year-old human boy, and wants to become a human girl.
Pudge Unknown tropical fish Lilo & Stitch The fish that Lilo feeds peanut butter sandwiches to because she thinks he controls the weather.
Sasha Seahorse Help! I'm a Fish A seahorse who befriends Stella.
Shark Shark Gyo
Sharko Great white shark Zig & Sharko A friendly shark who is best friend's with Marina the Mermaid. He acts as her bodyguard against Zig the Hyena whom wants to eat her.
Tiger shark Tiger shark Grandma and Her Ghosts A soul of the tiger shark which A-min’s friend and he is one who can see.
Troy Tiger shark Shark Bait A tiger shark who terrorizes the entire population of the reef and Pi's chief nemesis.
Winnie Seahorse Adventures of the Little Mermaid
Virgil "Bull" Sharkowski Bull shark My Gym Partner's a Monkey A shark bully at the Charles Darwin Middle School.
Street Sharks Half human, Half Shark Street Sharks Crime-fighting half-man/half-sharks.
Shellsea Jewelfish Fish Hooks Bea's stereotypically sassy friend
Undertow Tiger shark The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea Morgana's shark minion.
Vice President Blowfish Pufferfish Adventure Time Blowfish which is the Vice President of President Porpoise's council.

Comics[edit]

Name Type Publisher First Appearance Notes
Mr. Fish Piscine humanoid Marvel Comics Luke Cage, Powerman
#29 (April, 1975)
A supervillain in the Marvel Comics Universe who is an enemy of Luke Cage.
Sherman Great white shark Sherman's Lagoon
North County Times
(May, 1991)
Harry'n'Hank 'Cartoonesque' Electric Green Tetra Fish (Harry) & Electric Blue Jack Dempsy (Hank) Tantrumedia Facebook & Website
(27 Feb, 2005)
Newspaper Funnies (Cartoon) Style Characters
Inspector Gill Anthropomorphic fish Fishwrap Comics Fish Police
King Shark Great White Shark DC Comics Cameo appearance: Superboy #0 (October 1994) Full appearance: Superboy #9 (November 1994) A Supervillain in the DC Universe

Film[edit]

Name Type Film Notes
Edward Bloom Fish Big Fish His true form is that of a giant fish in the film.
Bruce Great white shark Jaws Bruce was the name of the mechanical shark film prop.
Jaguar Shark Shark The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Killed Zissou's partner during the making of a documentary.
Justice Tuna Serenity Turns out catching Justice is the main goal of the video game that the film's universe exists in.
Wanda Black Angelfish A Fish Called Wanda Ken Pile's beloved pet fish, who eponymously shares its name with Jamie Lee Curtis's character.

Television series[edit]

Name Type TV program Notes
Trevor Goldfish Being Human Trevor is a goldfish, who is given by the main character John Mitchell to a woman that he fancies, after she lost her own goldfish.
Dorothy Goldfish Elmo's World Dorothy is owned by Elmo. Elmo frequently talks to Dorothy throughout each episode and Dorothy is featured in many 'Elmo' books.
Gail Goldfish The West Wing Gail is owned by C.J. Cregg. The Fish was given as a romantic gift by Reporter Danny Concannon, when he was told that C.J. Liked Goldfish, unaware that they meant Goldfish crackers
Ick Redtail catfish It's a Big Big World A red catfish who lives in the pond of The World Tree
Abraham Goldfish Diff'rent Strokes Abraham is the pet goldfish of Arnold Jackson, played by Gary Coleman.

Literature[edit]

Name Type Author Work Notes
Terrible Dogfish Sea monster Carlo Collodi The Adventures of Pinocchio
The Crested Basketfish (Sagenapinna obriensis) Fish Species Tim Flannery Astonishing Animals Included in the book as a fake species of fish intended to confuse the reader; it fits in with the theme of bizarre animal adaptations so as to fool the reader into its plausibility.
Otto Goldfish Helen Palmer A Fish out of Water Illustrations by P. D. Eastman
Unnamed Goldfish Dr. Seuss Cat in the Hat In the 1971 The Cat in the Hat TV special named Carlos K. Krinkelbein
Unnamed Fish Dr. Seuss One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Also featured in a Beginner Book Video series.
Swimmy Black fish Leo Lionni Swimmy Listed by the National Education Association as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children" based on a 2007 online poll.[1]
Rainbow Fish Rainbowfish Marcus Pfister Rainbow Fish Children's book about the value of sharing.

Myth[edit]

Name Type Origin Notes
Abaia Eel Melanesian Mythology
Fur-Bearing Trout Trout North America a fictional creature native to the northern regions of North America.
Ikaroa Māori Mythology A long fish said to have given birth to all the stars in the Milky Way or to be the Mother Goddess of all the stars.
Jasconius An enormous fish in the story of Saint Brendan
Leviathan A biblical sea creature from Talmud.
Namazu Catfish Japanese Mythology A giant Catfish who causes earthquakes.
Salmon of Knowledge Salmon Irish Mythology An ordinary salmon that ate nine hazelnuts that fell into the Well of Wisdom and gained all the world's knowledge. The first person to eat of its flesh would in turn gain this knowledge.

Video games[edit]

Name Type Game System(s) Notes
Cheep Cheep Various Super Mario Bros. Various One of the enemies in the Super Mario franchise. Can be seen with various colors such as red, green, yellow and purple.
James Pond Mudskipper James Pond PC a computer platform game based on a James Bond styled fish.
Freddi Fish Goldfish Freddi Fish Series PC A yellow fish with orange fins and blue eyes. She volunteers to investigate any mystery or crime that has recently affected her friends. She often counters the crooks she catches with morals of wrongdoings.
Roysten Goldfish Banjo-Kazooie Banjo-Tooie Nintendo 64 Banjo's pet goldfish.
Undyne Fish-Like Monster Undertale PC A fish-like humanoid monster that leads the Royal Guard. She is rather hostile towards Frisk(unless the player befriends her in a pacifist run), the protagonist and gives cooking lessons to Papyrus.
Phangler Anglerfish-Like Monster My Singing Monsters Mobile Games A fire monster species with the element of water and fire that sings in an autotuned fashion. It also has a rare and an upcoming epic variant in the original game and six prismatic variants as well as seen as a fish with fins in the prequel. When it grows up, its fins become feet and develop a second microphone on its forehead.
Troupple King Apple-Fish Hybrid Shovel Knight Various The leader of the Troupples who treats others as mortals and himself as a god. He appears to those who seek him and carry a Troupple Chalice.
Kine Ocean Sunfish Kirby Various A sunfish who is friends with Kirby. He first appeared in Kirby's Dream Land 2.
Blipper Various Kirby Various A fish enemy who wears a goggle. It first appeared in Kirby's Dream Land.
Fatty Puffer Puffer Fish Kirby's Return to Dreamland Wii A large puffer fish who appears as a 3rd boss in Onion Ocean.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". NEA. National Education Association. 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2017.