Talk:Toadfish
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[edit] Plurals
In this article, we are usually talking about a variety of species of toadfish. Normally fish is a mass noun and the plural is fish. However, when used to mean varieties or types of fishes, the plural is fishes. As The American Heritage® Book of English Usage p. 240 says:
- Normally in such cases the unchanged plural indicates that the animal in question is being considered collectively, while the plural ending in -s is used specifically to indicate different varieties or species or kinds: We caught six fish but Half a dozen fishes inhabit the lake.
