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  2. Oscar (fish) - Wikipedia

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    The oscar (Astronotus ocellatus) is a species of fish from the cichlid family known under a variety of common names, including tiger oscar, velvet cichlid, and marble cichlid. [2] In tropical South America, where the species naturally resides, A. ocellatus specimens are often found for sale as a food fish in the local markets.

  3. Variations of the ichthys symbol - Wikipedia

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    The first appearances of fish symbols as adopted in Christian art and literature date to the 2nd century AD. Some modern fish symbol variations, called the Jesus fish, contain the English word Jesus in the center, or are empty entirely. [2] Some Christian Anarchists use an ichthys combined with an anarchist Circle-A as a symbol of their beliefs ...

  4. Astronotus - Wikipedia

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    Astronotus is a genus of South American fish from the family Cichlidae.There are two commonly recognized species in the genus (listed below), though genetic evidence suggests that additional species exist; several of these possibly distinct populations also have very different juvenile coloration from the two recognized species.

  5. Miraculous catch of fish - Wikipedia

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    The sea is the world; the fish are the men living in the world. The bark is the Church; the helmsman is Peter (and his successors). He steers the bark, and with the help of his companions (the Apostles, and after them the Bishops), casts his net by preaching the doctrine of Christ, and by holy Baptism receives into the Church those who will ...

  6. Ichthys - Wikipedia

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    Ichthys was adopted as a Christian symbol.. The ichthys or ichthus (/ ˈ ɪ k θ ə s / [1]), from the Greek ikhthū́s (ἰχθύς, 1st cent.AD Koine Greek pronunciation: [ikʰˈtʰys], "fish") is (in its modern rendition) a symbol consisting of two intersecting arcs, the ends of the right side extending beyond the meeting point so as to resemble the profile of a fish.

  7. Animals in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    The biblical fish category includes marine mammals. ("Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones..." Lamentations 4:3 A.V. & D.V.) Jonah's fish: According to the Book of Jonah, a "great fish" swallowed the prophet Jonah (Jonah 1:17 A.V.), and he was in its belly for three days, before being vomited up.

  8. Animals of the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Animals of the Bible is a book illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop with text compiled by Helen Dean Fish from the Bible. Released by J. B. Lippincott Company , it was the first recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1938.

  9. 'River Monsters': Man's Face Ripped Off In South American River

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    On "River Monsters," Jeremy Wade traveled to South America to investigate where a Bolivian man named Oscar was killed when face was ripped off while swimming across the South American River.