When do you use fishes?
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 5:22 am
or [c] often seems a big problem to English learners as a foreign laguage.
In modern English, the usual plural form is 'fish'. However, 'fishes' is sometimes used meaning 'different species of fish'.
For example, sentence 1 below is clear, but sentence 2 is ambiguous or confusing.
1) More than 600 fishes are in danger of extinction.
2) More than 600 fish are in danger of extinction.