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Fish emoji

๐ŸŸ ๐Ÿ  ๐Ÿก: the fish emoji, ready to copy, plus the ones for fishing and sushi.

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A little context

What the fish emoji means

๐ŸŸ (fish) is the plain fish; ๐Ÿ  (tropical fish) the colourful one; ๐Ÿก (blowfish) the puffer. They cover fishing, aquariums, sushi, Pisces and the phrase โ€œsomethingโ€™s fishyโ€. ๐ŸŽฃ is the rod and ๐Ÿฃ the sushi. All three are in the seahorse emoji guide as the stand-ins for the emoji that doesnโ€™t exist.

Unicode name: fish ยท U+1F41F ยท Emoji 0.6 (original set) ยท group: Animals & Nature.

IN A MESSAGEcaught nothing but had a lovely day ๐ŸŽฃ๐ŸŸ

How people use it

  • Fishing: ๐ŸŽฃ๐ŸŸ
  • Aquariums and reefs: ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿชธ
  • Sushi: ๐Ÿฃ๐ŸŸ
  • Suspicion: โ€œsomethingโ€™s ๐ŸŸโ€

Compare the options

EmojiNameUse it forWatch out for
fishU+1F41FPlain fishGeneric
tropical fishU+1F420Tropical fishColourful
blowfishU+1F421BlowfishPuffed
sharkU+1F988SharkSee the shark emoji guide

Chat examples

Real messages with ๐ŸŸ, and a reply that fits.

  1. ๐ŸŸ fishing trip

    ๐ŸŽฃ

  2. ๐Ÿ  aquarium

    ๐Ÿก

  3. ๐ŸŸ caught one!

    ๐ŸŽ‰

Questions people ask

Is there a salmon or tuna emoji?

No. ๐ŸŸ is used for all plain fish; ๐Ÿฃ for sushi.

What does โ€œsomethingโ€™s ๐ŸŸโ€ mean?

Something is fishy โ€” suspicious.

About this guide

Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.

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