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I just recently did a piece of art work and I am planning on adding some fish to it. I only need to find some good references. If anybody knows anything, a tutorial or reference to any fish (basicly anthing that can be found on the bottom of the ocean) please share them.

There are lots of them dear, personally I just use the magic of google to find nice ref's, what kind of fish do you need?

Just anything that can be found at the bottum of the ocean like close to a coast line.

I tried google and couldn't find anything the can be found at the bottum of the ocean. google was giving me the fish that are kept as a pet.

These searches might help you find something if you're looking for non-specific fish species:
http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/ ... ea%20floor
http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/ ... ral%20reef

I think the ocean habitat you're looking for is the "Neritic zone." Here's what I've found:
"Great schools of tuna and mackerel feed on squid, krill and small fish that gather where warm waters meet nutrient-rich cooler waters. The largest example, the Northern Bluefin Tuna, can grow to be more than 10 feet long and weigh over 1500lbs! Most sharks are common near the surface as well, some feeding on schools of fish, while others, including the basking and whale sharks, eat plankton." source: http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/reg ... water1.htm

In the Gulf of Alaska:
VValleye pollock, Pacific cod, Sablefish, Pacific pomfret, Pacific herring, Albacore, Sockeye (red) salmon, Coho (silver) salmon, Chinook (king) salmon, Chum (dog) salmon, Pink (humpback) salmon, Steelhead trout, Black rockfish, Pacific Ocean perch, Eulachon, Sculpins, Halibut, Other flatfishes, Salmon shark
source: http://www.alaskool.org/resources/regio ... c_anim.htm

"Neritic Zone - Herring, mackerel, bluefin tuna, capelin, and some smaller species." source: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 109AAPELJ0

I'm no fish expert, but hopefully that's accurate and it helps you. It really depends upon the habitat (you won't find the same fish in Alaska and Bermuda). :/

Thanks Grandioze, the first two may help but I don't know about the last three.

Edit: I might have to start using the Yahoo search to find some ref's since all the other searchs weren't of any help.

Draco, using different search engines won't help, as they all show the same content, they are just different versions of web crawler that searches the internet for tags related to your search. I hope you find a good reference though!

Try to keep your searches simple and about 3 words or less. For example, searching 'ocean deep fish' may bring more specific results than 'pictures of fish that live on bottom of ocean floor'.

Although I find search engines to be a wonderful source in times of need, sometimes it takes some work sifting through very strange results to find what you're looking for. Also, the overabundance of photos available on the internet makes getting valid results nowadays very difficult. As an example, I typed in something around the lines of 'side view snake skull' and kept getting pictures of blue shoes... >.>

Do you have any idea what types of fish exactly you would like? For example, if you want a type of angler fish, typing in 'angler fish' would really narrow down the search. If you want a specific kind of fish, to get even better photo results try typing in the scientific, Latin name of the fish you are looking for.

(e.g. Small-mouth bass; Micropterus Dolomieui
or
Clownfish; Amphiprion Ocellaris)

Biddly: You may be right but there is still enough time since I'm stuck here in Kansas once more and don't really have anything to submit that artpiece at the moment.

Conundrum: That may be alot of help since I haven't been making the searches clearer enough. But thanks.

Edit: well looks like I may end up giving up on that art piece since can't seem to find it anymore.