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Fish vs. Fishes

Fish

/fɪʃ/

A cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes through gills, and has fins and scales.

Examples:

I like fish.Let's go fishing this weekend.

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This word has no synonyms

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This word has no antonyms

Fishes

Animals that live in water and have gills, a tail, and fins.

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Ways to tell them apart:

Fish usually refers to one or more individuals of the same species, whether alive or dead.
Fishes is used when talking about different species of fish collectively.
Remembering the difference can be tricky since fish is both singular and plural, but fishes is like species in that it refers to more than one kind.
You might use fish if youre talking about catching ten trout, but fishes if youre talking about trout, salmon, and bass together.
Think of fishes as diving deeper into diversity or different types of fish.

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