I don't know why people use "fishes" when "fish" is a perfectly acceptable term for more than one fish. In this context nobody would have assumed they were only talking about a single fish.
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Thy did it knowingly. They had this written at the end. A bit silly imo but I guess it has meaning for them.
*While the English language usually refers to multiple fishes as “fish”, we use “fishes” to emphasize that they are individuals.
@Linktank "fishes" refers to multiple species of fish
3 goldfish = 3 fish
1 goldfish, 1 trout and 1 catfish = 3 fishes
Yeah, "fish" still applies in that situation.