I wish for a Fish...
 

What are your favorite types of fish? It can be based on your favorite cooked fish or favorite species of fish.

Please post pictures of the fish specified in your post so we know what you're talking about.

My faves:

1. Tarpons- Florida's favorite game fish
   http://www.foreandaftmarine.com/TARPON.jpg
2. Marlin- the most interesting sport fish in my opinion.
   http://www.freefishreport.com/images...rlin%20Key.jpg
3. Sturgeon- A neat little sucker-mouthed giant from all over America. I remember this guy from when I lived in Wisconsin.
   http://www.columbiariversturgeon.com...rgeon_214j.jpg
4. Xiphactinus audux- a giant ancestor of the tarpon from the Cretaceous period.
   http://www.weatherenthusiast.com/pic...iphactinus.jpg

*Squeals at topic*

I have no idea where to start, so here's just a few random favorites off the top of my head.

Probably my most favorite, a Queen Angel:
www.geocities.com/willix/images/Angel.jpg

Cute puffer fish (one inflated, one deflated--to show the cuteness of their faces):
http://employees.csbsju.edu/hjakubow...pufferfish.jpg
http://www.space.net.au/~uec/dj%20-%20puffer%20fish.jpg

Seahorse:
http://www.aquariumfishpictures.com/...seahorse01.jpg

And a betta. Out of all the fish I've owned, this kind as lived the longest:
http://www.save1004.com/bettafishred2.jpg

I like Salmon fish, and Tuna.

I like goldfish and neon.

Liopleurodon- second largest creature to ever live- falling behind the Blue Whale.

http://www.markus-schuster.net/scien...leurodon_1.jpg

http://www.markus-schuster.net/scien...leurodon_2.jpg

http://www.plesiosaur.com/images/liopleurodon_001.jpg

I've had cichlids and boy were they great fish. Big 40 gallon tank and we had some Dempseys and Convicts. Pretty fish, and the territorial displays and posturings were really interesting to watch. We also had a gigantic plecostamus in there and some kissing fish and gouramis(sp) in a different tank. My mom has a fish tank at school and if the second graders keep in line she gives out little prizes and gets a new fish for the local tank.

Yay, Australians! ;)

I don't know much about fish, only that it tastes alright.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but liopleurodon wasn't a fish, it was a pliosaur. It was a reptile.

And I'm also pretty sure that Liopleurodon was not the biggest creature ever. I'll look it up, though.

I'm not trying to rain on your parade, but I use my paleo-geekiness whenever I can. ;)

Yea, i know it wasn't a fish, but it is frickin cool.

According to the Discovery Channel (huzzuh), Lipleurodon was the 2nd biggest creature to ever live, with the Blue Whale being the 1st.

Whatever the hell it is at Long John Silvers.

Salmon is the tasty.
And my favorite to look at is one of these. I don't know what they're called in english.
http://www.dannesdjur.com/bilder/betta_splendens.jpg

That's a betta, the fish Ambi mentioned. Interesting fact about bettas: they have a sort of nostril on the top of their head that allows them to surface and breathe air when the water they're in doesn't have enough oxygen to keep them alive-- at least that's what the guy at the pet store said when my mom commented on how small the plastic container things are that they keep them in. He probably pulled that one out of thin air.

I love salmon. They're cool to look at BAM! and very tasty. The lengths to which they go to propagate are amazing, and they carry a great amount of cultural and mythological significance among the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest. They are undoubtedly my favorite fish. I recommend baking salmon with lemon pepper and lemon slices. Or, for a neat-o school project, raise salmon eggs and release the tiny baby salmon into a river! Whee-ooh!

W00t! Mudskippers are real swell, too. Gulper eels are great in their mystery and utter disgustingness. Angler fish are awesomely scary and ugly, and coelacanths are interesting in that they've been around for over 360 million years (that predates the dinosaurs, all you non-Dipstikk people), and were believed to have been extinct until 1938. More stuff about them here, but I need to end this post before I get REALLY pedantic.

the Archer Fish:

The Archer Fish actually spits a stream of water at overhead insects to knock them down so the archer fish can eat them. It's really cool.

http://www.univie.ac.at/zoologie/theo/jpeg/Tox.jpeg

Sometimes, the archer fish will jump instead of spit.

http://www.univie.ac.at/zoologie/theo/jpeg/Tox2.jpeg

I've also commented on the size of their containers once--and their upkeep. At some Walmart last year or so, I noticed that the bettas' bowls were in horrible condition. The water was filthy, murky, and colored tan to brown. Plus, the water levels were so low: most barely had enough water to stay upright while some had to tilt slightly to the side to fully stay under the water.

I couldn't find anyone to complain to at that moment, so when I got home I called the Walmart and bitched at the manager a bit about whoever was supposed to be maintaining the fish area was doing a very poor job. The next time I went there, the fish were in better condition. However, the time after that, it was getting bad again.

Anyway, I'd say the breathing from the surface thing is true; as I recall, they do ascend to the surface often, with the very tops of their heads touching the surface.

Yay! I love mudskippers! They're so interesting with all that "mudskipping" and whatnot. :)

Now for more fishies:

I stumbled across this Leafy Seadragon (I believe that's its name) picture.:
http://zettesworld.com/hdz04b/images...afysea2901.jpg

Cow-nosed Ray:
http://zettesworld.com/hdz04b/images...seray54101.jpg

Catfish, a favorite since I was little (No, not to eat. Yuck.):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi.../Catfish_1.jpg

And this is my tribute to non-scary sharks, this one being a nurse shark:
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Underw...NurseShark.jpg

What? Catfish is delicious.
Oh, bettas are labyrinth fish, which means they have a different and less developed set of lungs for getting oxygen out of the air, like gouramis and paradisefish.