# The Fishes — Nonsense Books character guide

> The Fishes in Nonsense Books by Edward Lear.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the old Fishes

**First appearance:** 0091-one-hundred-nonsense-pictures-and-rhymes

## Who they are

Fishes who appear in a nonsense rhyme.

## Relationships

### [The Parrots](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/characters/the_parrots)

_friendship_

The Fishes and the Parrots are companions who interact playfully in their shared environment.

### [The Cats](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/characters/the_cats)

_rivalry_

The Cats are natural predators of the Fishes, creating a tense and antagonistic relationship.

## In the story

### [Chapter XI: The History of the Seven Young Fishes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/chapter-xi-the-history-of-the-seven-young-fishes)

The seven young Fishes who chase the Boss-Woss into the mud and suffocate.

### [More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/more-nonsense-pictures-rhymes-botany-etc)

Referenced in the limerick about the old person of Bree who nursed small fishes, and in the limerick about the old man of the Dargle who rolled barrels of gargle for the fish.

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