Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming!

Humans have discovered some pretty amazing creatures in history but some of the most amazing ones come from those vast and varying bodies of water that span our Earth. While there are over 30,000 species of fish known to us, we have only scratched the surface of what’s out there in the darker depths of that great big blue. So forget aliens! There’s a whole bunch of interesting and weird fish species that inhabit the Earth that also feel out of this world! So join Tuong and Fishy Freaks Simone Dorie, Braeden Etienne, and Hayley Kellett as they plunder the ocean and swim their way to ranking a Top 5 Fish list!

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Ground Rules

• we are NOT ranking fictional fish
• The definition of fish that we used for today’s episode has now mysteriously disappeared from the internet. That said, whatever the definition of fish is is what we are using to rank these.
• aquatic organisms, such as lampreys, sharks, coelacanths count as Fish
• Things like shrimp, whales, frogs are not fish.

*Spoilers* Below is our Top 5 list from this episode as well as our own personal unordered  lists.

Group Top 5

5. Mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus)

4. Atlantic/American Eel (Anguilla rostrata)

3. Coelacanth (Coelacanthiformes)

2.Seahorse (Hippocampus)

1.Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)

Tuong’s List

• Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa)
• Basking Fish (Cetorhinus maximu)
• Mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus)
• Dragonfish (Stomiidae)
• Scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae)
• Psychedelic Frogfish (Histiophryne psychedelica)
• Pufferfish (Tetraodontidae)
• Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
• Hammerhead shark (Sphyrnidae)
• Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
• Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
• Frilled Shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus)
• Cuttlefish (Sepiida)
• Anglerfish (Lophiiformes)
• Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques)
• Seahorse (Hippocampus)
• Barreleye (Opisthoproctidae)
• Oarfish (Regalecidae)
• Asian Sheephead Wrasses (Kobudai)
• Whitemargin Stargazer (Uranoscopus sulphureus)
• Koi (nishikigoi)
• Regal Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)
• Red lionfish (Pterois volitans)
• Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens)

Simone’s List

• Atlantic/American Eel (Anguilla rostrata)
• Mariana Snailfish (Pseudoliparis swirei)
• Peter’s Elephant Noise Fish (Gnathonemus petersii)
• Comet the Goldfish
• Koi (nishikigoi)
• Dunkleosteus

Braeden’s List

• Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)
• Coelacanth (Coelacanthiformes)
• Seahorse (Hippocampus)
• Clownfish (Amphiprioninae)
• Electric Eel (Electrophorus)
• Black Marlin (Istiompax indica)
• Blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus)
• Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens)

Hayley’s List

• Greenland Shark (Somniosus microcephalus)
• Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
• Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola)
• Goldfish (Carassius auratus) 
• Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
• Salmon (Salmoninae)
• Pufferfish (Tetraodontidae)
• Lungfish (Dipnoi)
• Flying Fish (Exocoetidae)

Hayley’s Silly Name Fish

• Pancake batfish (Halieutichthys aculeatus)
• The Chubsucker (Erimyzon oblongus)
• Ballyhoo (Hemiramphus brasiliensis)
• Honey Gregory Damselfish (Stegastes diencaeus)
• Hogchoker (Trinectes maculatus)
• Molly Miller (Scartella cristata)
• Monkeyface prickleback (Cebidichthys violaceus)