List of piscine and amphibian humanoids

Piscine and amphibian humanoids (people with the characteristics of fish or amphibians) have made appearances throughout mythology, cryptozoology, folklore and fiction.

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The bishop-fish, a piscine humanoid reported in Poland in the 16th century

In mythology

See also: Merman and Mermaid

• Mami Wata from the mythology of the Southern Africa
• Adaro from the mythology of the Solomon Islands
• Atargatis from Assyrian mythology
• Dagon in Semitic mythology
• Ea from Babylonian mythology
• Glaucus: a mortal transformed into a merman in Greek mythology
• Heqet: Ancient Egyptian frog-headed goddess of fertility.
• Huh: Ancient Egyptian frog-headed god whose name means "endlessness".
• Iaras from Brazilian mythology
• Matsya, an avatar of Vishnu in piscine form
• Oannes from Babylonian mythology
• Pincoys and La Sirena chilota, princess of the sea from Chilote mythology
• Rusalki from Slavic mythology
• Siyokoy in Philippine mythology
• Triton, the son of Poseidon
• Vodyanoy from Slavic mythology
• Yacuruna from the indigenous people of the Amazon

In folklore

• The Amabie from Japanese folklore
• The ceasg in Scottish folklore
• Finfolk from the folklore of Orkney
• Melusine in European folklore
• The Neck from Scandinavian folklore
• The Ningyo from Japanese folklore
• Merrows from Irish folklore
• The Umibōzu from Japanese folklore
• Sirens, while initially described as birdlike, were associated with mermaids in later folklore

In cryptozoology

• The Bishop-fish of Poland
• The fish-man of Liérganes, Spain
• The Loveland Frog, of Loveland, Ohio
• The sea monk of Denmark

Hoaxes

• Fiji mermaids, taxidermic hoaxes exhibited by P. T. Barnum and others

In fiction

• Abe Sapien and the "frog monsters" from the Hellboy comics
• Argonians from Elder Scrolls
• Aulbath (aka Rikuo) from the video game series, Darkstalkers, by Capcom
• The Aquaphibians from the Stingray TV series
• The Battletoads, from the videogame of the same name
• Molly, Gil, Goby, Deema, Oona and Nonny from Bubble Guppies
• Bullywug from the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game setting
• The race of Cabira (one of Chilled's henchmen) is a race of fish-like humanoids.
• Crazy Frog
• Deep Ones from H. P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth
• The Fishmen are a race of fish-like humans from the anime One Piece.
• The Fish People from the radio broadcast Alexei Sayle and the Fish People
• Frog-Man and the Ani-Men version of Frog-Man from Marvel Comics
• The Frogman, a character from the Oz novel series
• Gill-man from The Creature from the Black Lagoon
• Grendel and Grendel's mother from Beowulf
• Gungans from Star Wars
• The harbor master, from Robert W. Chambers's 1904 short story The Harbor-Master
• The titular creatures from "Humanoids from the Deep"
• Hynerians from Farscape
• Ichthyander from Amphibian Man by Alexander Belyayev
• Kanassans are a race of fish-like humanoids from Planet Manassas. They are said to possess psychic abilities, including being able to read minds and see into the future. They featured in the special Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku.
• Kermit the Frog and Robin the Frog from The Muppets
• Marsh-wiggles from The Chronicles of Narnia
• The Little Mermaid, from the tales of Hans Christian Andersen
• Mer-Man from the Masters of the Universe franchise
• Michigan J. Frog, star of the Loony Tunes short One Froggy Evening and onetime mascot of The WB.
• Murloc are a species of amphibious creatures which live in tribes in World of Warcraft
• Namor, the Sub-Mariner from the Marvel Universe
• Neptuna, the mermaid-like boss in Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
• The Newts in War with the Newts by Karel Čapek
• The Rokea from the roleplaying game Werewolf: the Apocalypse
• Sahuagin from the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game setting
• Salarians, a race in the Mass Effect series
• Sil, from Doctor Who
• In the Dragon Ball Z series, the alien race of Sūi' (one of Frieza's foot soldiers) is a race of humanoid fish-like aliens, who worked in the Galactic Frieza Army.
• The TigerSharks in the cartoon series of the same name
• Mr. Toad from The Wind in the Willows
• Zoras from The Legend of Zelda

See also

• Jenny Haniver
• List of avian humanoids
• List of reptilian humanoids