Example of False fishes
- Jelly fish: Aurelia (Coelenterate)
- Shell fish: Oyster and other molluscs
- Shell fish: Lobster and other custaeans
- Razor fish: Used both for a true fish Xyrichythyes species as well as as Solen, a bivalve.
- Silver fish: Lepisma (an insect)
- Whale fish: Whale(aquatic mammal)
- Cuttle fish: Sepia (a mollusc)
- Devil fish: Octopus(a mollusc)
- Hag fish: Myxine (Cyclostomate)
- Star fish: Asterias (Echinoderm)