The plural of fish is
The plural of fish is usually fish, but fishes has a few uses. In biology, for instance, fishes is used to refer to multiple species of fish. For example, if you say you saw four fish when scuba diving, that means you saw four individual fish, but if you say you saw four fishes, we might infer that you saw an undetermined number of fish of four different species.
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Paul D Huegel
Both answers are correct. Misleading question and answers. Remove!
Sandy
Fishen! Many boxen of fried fishen ...
Jill Bateson
Both answers are correct. Not a good question
Linda D. Fox
Two correct answers.
Robert Hampson
Good answer Jay I would have thought in the context of the question "fishes" would be correct but I like your answer better.
dejayel
A school of the same fish are still referred to as fishes, as in birds of a feather.
Lorna Lake
Fish or fishes is correct!
sharon
kind of "fishy". the plural is fishes or fish.
Val Sweet
Both correct. Fishes as in the parable of the loaves and fishes in the Bible
mikemerr
Well the answer according to all accounts can be either fish or fishes so either should be correct
Kenneth Jacobs
So aggravating, both answers are correct. Why can't we establish a standard and why must people insist on trying to trick those who do this for enjoyment. Trick questions should be left for the SATs, let have fun here.
Richard D. Boyle
Both correct answers should not have been included as options.
David Colloby
A bit of a Fishy question
David Roy
Loaves and fishes.
Stevie G
The most common plural form of fish is indeed fish. However, under certain circumstances, you can usefishes as the plural form of fish.