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11	This index is for tropes related to animals that live the water or spend most of their time in the water. Aquatic animals also include seabirds and swimming birds. See Website/TheOtherWiki for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquatic_animals more information.]]
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13	See UnderwaterIndex for tropes concerning their environment.
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16	!!Tropes
17	[[index]]
18	[floatboxright:
19	Categories:
20	+ DolphinsDolphinsEverywhere
21	+ MolluskTropes
22	++ CephalopodIndex
23	+ SealTropes
24	+ TheseTropesAreFishy
25	+ ThisIndexQuacks
26	]
27	* AquaticHadrosaurs: The outdated portrayal of hadrosaur (duck-billed) dinosaurs as water-dwelling animals.
28	* AquaticSauropods: The outdated portrayal of sauropod (long-necked) dinosaurs as water-dwelling animals.
29	* ArtisticLicenseMarineBiology: Factual inaccuracies about marine life in a work of fiction that make the story work better.
30	* TheCatfish: An individual of a game animal species, usually a large fish, that is a legendarily difficult catch.
31	* ClamshellCurrency: Shelling out in seashells.
32	* ClamshellsAsMouths: Clams and other bivalves being depicted with the shells as jaws for speaking and eating.
33	* ClamTrap: Giant clams that snap closed on people who approach them, like living beartraps.
34	* ClingyAquaticLife: When a character comes out of a body of water with an aquatic animal or plant stuck to them.
35	* ElectricJellyfish: Jellyfish that shock people with electricity instead of being venomous.
36	* FiendishFish: Dangerous, sometimes outright evil, fish.
37	* FishPeople: Fish-like humanoids.
38	* FoulWaterfowl: Aquatic birds, especially geese, depicted as aggressive and/or dickish.
39	* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: Flying sea creatures.
40	* FrogMen: Frog-like humanoids.
41	* FunnelMouthedCephalopod: An octopus or squid portrayed with a nozzle-like mouth, generally based on the real creatures' syphon.
42	* FunnyOctopus: Octopi as comic and funny creatures.
43	* GiantEnemyCrab: Outsized, dangerous crabs.
44	* GiantSquid: Gigantic squid as sea monsters.
45	* InstantLeechJustFallInWater: Whenever a character accidentally falls into a body of water, especially a stagnant one such as a swamp or pond, and comes to discover a leech -- or more -- attached to them somewhere.
46	* JumpingFish: The presence of fish indicated by having one or more fish literally "jumping" out of a source of water (lake, river, etc.), especially when the characters suggest looking for food.
47	* KrakenAndLeviathan: Gigantic deep sea monsters that are known for attacking ships.
48	* LegendaryCarp: Carps in media, especially ones that pay homage to Japanese history, having mystical properties.
49	* {{Makara}}: A sea monster from Hindu Mythology.
50	* MellowMantas: Manta rays are portrayed as gentle and graceful.
51	* MobileFishbowl: When an aquatic character brings water with them when traveling out of water.
52	* MonsterInTheMoat: A monster that lives in a castle moat.
53	* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Crocodilians depicted as evil man-eaters.
54	* NoCartoonFish: When everything is drawn in a cartoony style except fish.
55	* PainfulPointyPufferfish: Fictional pufferfish seen stabbing things with their spikes.
56	* PelicanPackagePouch: When a pelican's throat pouch is used to hide and/or carry things.
57	* PenguinsAreDucks: Penguins given attributes of ducks, because most people are more familiar with ducks.
58	* PennyPinchingCrab: Crabs portrayed as stingy, greedy and money-obsessed.
59	* PerplexingPearlProduction: Pearls that are created quickly and without flaws, and by any sort of bivalve.
60	* PikePeril: Pike portrayed as evil or vicious.
61	* PiranhaProblem: Piranhas portrayed as far more vicious than they are in reality.
62	* PlayfulOtter: Otters portrayed as genial beasts always up for games.
63	* PolarBearsAndPenguins: Penguins and polar bears co-existing in the same place.
64	* PolarPenguins: Penguins are used as a visual shorthand for cold climates.
65	* PsychoElectricEel: Electric eels portrayed as much more powerful/dangerous than they really are.
66	* PuzzlingPlatypus: Platypi's supposed chimerical nature played up as extremely puzzling or nonsensical.
67	* QuackingUp: Humorous or lighthearted depictions of ducks.
68	* RedLiveLobster: Uncooked crustaceans in animation are colored red.
69	* SeaAping: A fictional brand of sea monkeys.
70	* SeaHurtchin: When urchins seem to exist only to hurt people with their spines.
71	* SeahorsesAreDragons: Seahorses associated with or tied to dragons, often Eastern dragons.
72	* SeahorseSteed: Seahorses portrayed as the underwater equivalent of actual horses.
73	* SeaSerpents: Giant, serpentine sea monsters.
74	* SemiaquaticSpeciesSailor: Semiaquatic {{Funny Animal}}s such as ducks, otters, and seabirds tend to take up nautical professions.
75	* SewerGator: Alligators that have been flushed down the toilet and end up living in the sewers down below the streets.
76	* SharkFinOfDoom: A shark's dorsal fin sticking above the water as an iconic image.
77	* SharkMan: A character who's half-man, half-shark.
78	* SharkPool: A body of water filled with any variety of unpleasant creatures, including but not limited to sharks
79	* SlipperyAsAnEel: Eels depicted as sly, conniving, and untrustworthy creatures.
80	* SuperPoweredShrimp: A creature based on a shrimp, typically one of the more eccentric species enhanced in some way according to the media it appears in.
81	* SwansASwimming: Swans in fiction are elegant, gentle creatures.
82	* SwordfishSabre: Fish rostrums used to deal damage to something/one, either by the fish itself or a third party.
83	* TailfinWalking: A cetacean, fish, or pinniped walking upright on its tailfins.
84	* TentacledTerror: Cephalopods, jellyfish, and just anything with tentacles being portrayed as alien and terrifying.
85	* TerrestrialSeaLife: Sea creatures interacting with humans on land.
86	* ThreateningShark: Sharks portrayed as evil, vicious man-eaters.
87	* TurtleIsland: Turtles big enough to be mistaken for islands or even whole continents.
88	* WiseOldTurtle: Turtles being portrayed as wise and intelligent.
89	[[/index]]

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