# Fish
Fish refers to the grouping of body parts for the forms of aquatic life, except for jellyfish, which are considered jellies for this purpose. It affects the messages referring to the appropriate body parts as follows:[1]

Bodypart[2]
Description

Arm
Fin

Eye
Eye

Face
Premaxillary

Finger
Pelvic axillary

Fingertip
Pelvic fin

Foot
Anal fin

Hand
Pectoral fin

Handed
Finned

Head
Head

Leg
Peduncle

Light Headed
Played out

Neck
Gills

Spine
Dorsal fin

Toe
Caudal fin

Hair
Scales

Blood
Blood

Lung
Gill

Nose
Nostril

Stomach
Stomach

Some members of the fish body group have special rules hard-coded for them - for example, sharks have skin rather than scales in the "hair" descriptor, as in real life.[3]

References

↑ polyself.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 1177

↑ hack.h in NetHack 3.4.3, line 226

↑ polyself.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 1204

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