List of piscine and amphibian humanoids
Piscine and amphibian humanoids (people with the characteristics of fish or amphibians) have made appearances throughout mythology, cryptozoology, folklore and fiction.
The bishop-fish, a piscine humanoid reported in Poland in the 16th century
In mythology
- Adaro from the mythology of the Solomon Islands
- Atargatis from Assyrian mythology
- Dagon in Semitic mythology
- Ea from Babylonian mythology
- Glaucus: a mortal transformed into a merman in Greek mythology
- Heqet: Ancient Egyptian frog-headed goddess of fertility.
- Huh: Ancient Egyptian frog-headed god whose name means "endlessness".
- Iaras from Brazilian mythology
- Matsya, an avatar of Vishnu in piscine form
- Oannes from Babylonian mythology
- Pincoys and La Sirena chilota, princess of the sea from Chilote mythology
- Rusalki from Slavic mythology
- Siyokoy in Philippine mythology
- Triton, the son of Poseidon
- Vodyanoy from Slavic mythology
In folklore
- The Amabie from Japanese folklore
- The ceasg in Scottish folklore
- The each uisge or "water horse" from Scottish folklore, could assume the form of a man
- Finfolk from the folklore of Orkney
- The Grindylow from the folklore of Yorkshire
- Jenny Greenteeth from English folklore
- Peg Powler from English folklore
- The Kappa from Japanese folklore
- Melusine in European folklore
- The Neck from Scandinavian folklore
- The Ningyo from Japanese folklore
- Merrows from Irish folklore
- The Umibōzu from Japanese folklore
- Selkies in Scottish folklore
- Sirens, while initially described as birdlike, were associated with mermaids in later folklore
In cryptozoology
- The Bishop-fish in Poland
- Fiji mermaid: a hoax exhibited by P. T. Barnum
- The fish-man of Liérganes in Spain
- The Loveland Frog, in Loveland, Ohio
- The sea monk in Denmark
In fiction
- Abe Sapien and the "frog monsters" from the Hellboy comics
- Argonians from Elder Scrolls
- Aulbath (aka Rikuo) from the video game series, Darkstalkers, by Capcom
- Aquaman, from the DC Comics Universe
- The Aquaphibians from the Stingray TV series
- The Battletoads, from the videogame of the same name
- Molly, Gil, Goby, Deema, Oona and Nonny from Bubble Guppies
- Crazy Frog
- Deep Ones from H. P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth
- Fishmen are a race of fish-like humans from One Piece
- The Fish People from the radio broadcast Alexei Sayle and the Fish People
- Frog-Man and Frog-Man (Ani-Men) from the Marvel Comics Universe
- The Frogman, a character from the Oz novel series
- Gill-man from The Creature from the Black Lagoon
- Gowachin from Frank Herbert's novels Whipping Star and The Dosadi Experiment
- Grendel and Grendel's mother from Beowulf
- Gungans from Star Wars
- The titular creatures from "Humanoids from the Deep"
- Hynerians from Farscape
- Ichtiandr from Amphibian Man by Alexander Belyayev
- Kermit the Frog from the Muppets
- Marsh-wiggles from The Chronicles of Narnia
- The Little Mermaid, from the tales of Hans Christian Andersen
- Mer-Man from the Masters of the Universe franchise
- Michigan J. Frog, star of the Loony Tunes short One Froggy Evening and onetime mascot of The WB.
- Mudluks are a species of amphibian humanoids found in Arcangrove in AdventureQuest Worlds
- Murloc are a species of amphibious creatures which live in tribes in World of Warcraft
- Namor, the Sub-Mariner from the Marvel Universe
- Neptuna, the mermaid-like boss in Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
- The Rokea from the roleplaying game Werewolf: the Apocalypse
- Sil, from Doctor Who
- The TigerSharks in the cartoon series of the same name
- Mr. Toad from The Wind in the Willows
- Zoras from The Legend of Zelda
See also
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