Editing Fish

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[[File:ACBF Underwater Ruin.jpg|thumb|250px|Fish swimming around underwater.]]
'''Fish''' are aquatic vertebrate animals<ref name="Levinton 2014">Levinton, Jeffrey S. (2014) "Marine Vertebrates and Other Nekton". ''Marine Biology: Function, Biodiversity, Ecology''. 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 162–197.</ref><ref name="Castro & Huber 2013">Castro, Peter and Huber, Michael. (2013) "Marine Fishes". ''Marine Biology''. 9th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, pp. 150–176.</ref> commonly defined by the presence of a {{wiki|craniate|cranium}},<ref name="Merriam-Webster">"[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fish Fish]". ''Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary''. Merriam-Webster, Inc. Accessed 18 January 2013.</ref><ref name="UC Berkeley">"[https://evolution.berkeley.edu/fisheye-view-tree-of-life/what-is-a-fish/ A Fisheye View of the Tree of Life – What is a fish?]". ''Understanding Evolution''. University of California Museum of Paleontology. Accessed 18 January 2023.</ref> fins for locomotion in place of limbs,<ref name="Levinton 2014" /><ref name="UH Mānoa">"[https://manoa.hawaii.edu/exploringourfluidearth/biological/fish/what-fish What is a Fish?]". ''Exploring Our Fluid Earth''. University of Hawaii at Mānoa. Accessed 18 January 2023.</ref> and {{wiki|gill}}s to breathe underwater.<ref name="UH Mānoa" />

Of all vertebrates, they are the oldest, most structurally simple, and most wide-ranging in terms of species,<ref name="Castro & Huber 2013" /> with 24,000 to at least 30,000 known to [[human]]s.<ref name="Levinton 2014" /><ref name="Castro & Huber 2013" /> Because of their ubiquity to marine ecosystems,<ref name="Levinton 2014" /> they are the most economically significant aquatic life-form and are a vital food source for millions of people around the [[Earth|world]].<ref name="Castro & Huber 2013" /> Despite challenges to classifying such a diverse group,<ref name="Castro & Huber 2013" /> they are traditionally divided into {{wiki|Chondrichthyes|cartilaginous fishes}}, which have skeletons made of cartilage;<ref name="Levinton 2014" /><ref name="Castro & Huber 2013" /> {{wiki|Osteichthyes|bony fishes}}, which have true bony skeletons;<ref name="Levinton 2014" /><ref name="Castro & Huber 2013" /> and {{wiki|Agnatha|jawless fishes}}, which are the most primitive of fishes but are rejected as vertebrates by some scientists.<ref name="Castro & Huber 2013" /><ref name="UC Berkeley" /> [[Shark]]s are a prominent group of cartilaginous fishes.<ref name="Castro & Huber 2013" />

==History==
In the 870s, [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] caught a variety of fish in order to fulfill requests for the [[Fishing Hut]] at [[Ravensthorpe]] and to give as offerings at certain altars, such as [[Nymdesfelda]] and [[Elisdon Altar]].<ref name=ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref>

==Species==
===Cartilaginous fishes===
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
AC4DB - Bull Shark.png|link=Bull shark|'''[[Bull shark]]'''<br>{{c|''Carcharhinus leucas''}}
ACOD manta ray.jpg|link=Manta Ray|'''[[Manta ray|Giant oceanic manta ray]]'''<br>{{c|''Mobula birostris''}}
ACOd-shark.jpg|link=Great white shark|'''[[Great white shark]]'''<br>{{c|''Carcharodon carcharias''}}
AC4DB - Hammerhead Shark.png|link=Hammerhead shark|'''[[Hammerhead shark]]'''<br>{{c|''Sphyrnidae''}}
</gallery>

===Bony fishes===
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Wiki noimage.jpg|'''Acadian redfish'''<br>{{c|''Sebastes fasciatus''}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|'''Allis Shad'''<br>{{c|''Alosa alosa''}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|'''Arctic char'''<br>{{c|''Alvelinus alpinus''}}
BonitoACP.png|'''Atlantic bonito'''<br>{{c|''Sarda sarda''}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|'''Atlantic Cod'''<br>{{c|''Gadus morhua''}}
GoliathGrouperACP.png|'''Atlantic goliath grouper'''<br>{{c|''Epinephelus itajara''}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|'''Atlantic Halibut'''<br>{{c|''Hippoglossus hippoglossus''}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|'''Atlantic Mackerel'''<br>{{c|''Scomber scombrus''}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|'''Atlantic Pollock'''<br>{{c|''Pollachius pollachius''}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|'''Atlantic salmon'''<br>{{c|''Salmo salar''}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|'''Atlantic sturgeon'''<br>{{c|''Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus''}}
TrumpetfishACP.png|'''Atlantic trumpetfish'''<br>{{c|''Aulostomus strigosus''}}
BlueTangACP.png|'''Blue Tang'''<br>{{c|''Paracanthurus hepatus''}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|'''Bream'''<br>{{c|''Abramis brama''}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|'''Brown bullhead'''<br>{{c|''Ameiurus nebulosus''}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|'''Brown Trout'''<br>{{c|''Salmo trutta''}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|'''Burbot'''<br>{{c|''Lota lota''}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|'''European Eel'''<br>{{c|''Anguilla anguilla''}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|'''grey trout'''<br>{{c|''Salvelinus namaycush''}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|'''Haddock'''<br>{{c|''Melanogrammus aeglefinus''}}
HoneycombCowfishACP.png|'''Honeycomb cowfish'''<br>{{c|''Acanthostracion polygonius''}}
AC4DB - Moray Eel.png|link=Moray eel|'''[[Moray eel|Green moray Eel]]'''<br>{{c|''Gymnothorax funebris''}}
NassauGrouperACP.png|'''Nassau grouper'''<br>{{c|''Epinephelus striatus''}}
OceanSurgeonfishACP.png|'''Ocean Surgeon'''<br>{{c|''Acanthurus bahian''}}
ACOD Fresh Fish.png|'''Sardine'''<br>{{c|''Sardina pilchardus''}}
SergeantMajorACP.png|'''Sergeant Major'''<br>{{c|''Abudefduf saxatilis''}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|'''Silver Hake'''<br>{{c|''Merluccius bilinearis''}}
ACV Swordfish.png|link=Swordfish (great sword)|'''[[Swordfish (great sword)|Swordfish]]'''<br>''{{c|''Xiphias gladius''}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|'''Turbot Flatfish'''<br>''{{c|''Scophthalmus maximus''}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|'''Yellow perch'''<br>{{c|''Perca flavescens''}}
</gallery>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''

==References==
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