Fishes

/ ˈfɪʃɪz /

noun

1. the Fishes
   the constellation Pisces, the twelfth sign of the zodiac

fishes

1. Traditionally, a class of vertebrates that breathe with gills rather than lungs , live in water, and generally lay eggs , although some bear their young alive. Some biologists consider the fishes a “superclass,” and divide them into three classes: bony fishes, such as sunfish and cod; fishes with a skeleton formed of cartilage rather than bone, such as sharks; and fishes that lack jaws, such as lampreys.

Notes

Fishes are cold-blooded animals .

Example Sentences

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series: "Abbott Elementary" — "Party" "The Bear" — "Fishes" "The Bear" — "Honeydew" "The Gentlemen" — "Refined Aggression" "Hacks" — "Bulletproof" "The Ms. Pat Show" — "I’m the Pappy"

From Salon

Number of times you paused “Fishes,” the chaotic Christmas episode: None.

From Los Angeles Times

Television series love to give viewers the gift of a good Christmas episode, but there’s never been one quite like “Fishes,” the sixth episode of the Emmy-nominated second season of “The Bear.”

From Los Angeles Times

Its second season, which premiered in June 2023, was even better, including two of the best episodes of television this decade — “Fishes” and “Forks.”

From Los Angeles Times

Their aim was to answer questions about feeding in early vertebrates without jaws in the early Devonian epoch -- sometimes called the Age of Fishes -- around 400 million years ago.

From Science Daily

Is Fishes A Word?

And is fishes in the dictionary?

Fishes is a word. It is a plural form of the noun fish. This can cause some confusion because fish is the more common plural of the singular noun fish. However, when referring to two or more species of fish, fishes is a valid plural form. 

Additionally, fishes is the third-person singular conjugation of the verb fish, as in He fishes off the dock every morning, trying to catch several species of fishes.