Fish

A fish was a type of limbless aquatic animal that was often used as a source of food by many creatures.

Description
Most types of fish were generally not a threat, but giant fish could be deadly foes, sometimes swallowing foes whole.

Ecology
Fish of the same type often gathered in "schools". They often did not attack others unless magically commanded to do so. They were herded by merfolk, and sometimes guarded by nixies.

Religion
Blibdoolpoolp, the goddess of the kuo-toa (who themselves were fish-like humanoids), often took the form of a woman with a fish's head.

Some societies believed that krakens were deities—such creatures may have bestowed plentiful harvests of fish upon their worshipers, should the krakens be pleased with their deeds.

Uses
Several creatures ate fish as either part of or all of their diet. Some of these creatures included bronze and black dragons. Tantran finefish was a type of spiced and pickled fish produced in Tantras.

Fish could be summoned by a variety of spells, from monster summoning I (which could summon a single lamprey) to monster summoning VIII (which could summon a giant shark). They were also sometimes used as familiars.

The infamous beholder Xanathar kept a goldfish named Sylgar as a pet.

Notable Types of Fish

 * Afanc
 * Ascallion
 * Barbfish, a species of freshwater bottom-feeder shark from Amn.
 * Bichir
 * Black Burner
 * Bloatfish
 * Brownfin: a species of freshwater fish found in Cormyr and the King's Forest.
 * Catfish: giant and stalking
 * Crystal Nipper
 * Dunchow: a delicacy in Amn only found in Lake Esmel.
 * Icetail
 * Jewelfish
 * Hetfish: swarming fish that could strive in any environment, known for their super-heated bodies that turned water into steam.
 * Hogfish: a species of fish found in Akanamere, often dried and stocked in pantries of the city-state of Sumbria.
 * Manyfins
 * Pike: a species of big and energetic freshwater predators as well as northern pike, their cold brackish water-dwelling cousins from the Sea of Moving Ice.
 * Piranha: small schooling predators that went into blood frenzy and swarmed their prey.
 * Pyrimo
 * Quippers
 * Raiks: species of aggressive fish with hooked jaws found in the waters of Sea of Fallen Stars. There were two subspecies, greater and lesser raiks.
 * S'repic: a flesh-eating fish from the Malatran Plateau with huge silver scales.
 * Salmon
 * Sardine
 * Silverling
 * Singing fish: fancifully-cooked festival fish from the Blade Kingdoms, caught in the waters of Akanamere.
 * Sharks and giant sharks
 * Spiny Sleeper
 * Steelhead
 * Sunfish: several species of fresh and saltwater fish.
 * Trout: knucklehead, szorp
 * Verme

Trivia
The mark of the most ancient dwarven kingdom of Faerûn, Haunghdannar, was that of a mountain with a fish mounted on a seven-pointed star.

Three small fish was the sabban mark of Ylar Sabban in Calimport.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Treasure Hunt
 * Novels:
 * Tantras' • Sojourn • The Council of Blades • Archmage • ''City of the Dead'
 * Video Games:
 * Icewind Dale • Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance • Neverwinter • Sword Coast Legends • Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms • Baldur's Gate III
 * Board Games
 * Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Begins
 * Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Begins