the usage of '' fish or fishes ?''

[minhthu]

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'' Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary '':
Fish ( C or U noun ) plural fish or fishes.
When is Fish or Fishes?
* '' Fish'' is the usual plural
Ex: '' I caught six fish in the river ''. This sentence is correct.
'' I caught six fishes in the river ''. It is not correct.
* '' Fishes '' is sometimes used to talk about diffrent types of fish.
Ex: In the Pacific we saw exotic fishes that you never see in Europe.



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[MissLT]

Because my topic was locked in '' ESL Help Desk '', i want to share this with you here.
'' Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary '':
Fish ( C or U noun ) plural fish or fishes.
When is Fish or Fishes?
* '' Fish'' is the usual plural Ex: '' I caught six fish in the river ''. This sentence is correct. '' I caught six fishes in the river ''. It is not correct.
* '' Fishes '' is sometimes used to talk about diffrent types of fish.
Ex: In the Pacific we saw exotic fishes that you never see in Europe.


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The bold parts are right.

[Kirbo]

Actually you never HAVE to say "fishes"

"We saw many exotic fish" is just fine.

"Fishes" is usually used in a scientific context, and I believe the use of it elsewhere is gramatically incorrect >>