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The following patterns are true fish.

Fish – Fancy Tail Guppy

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 14 rows, 28 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: space 2 times, IN [35], EN [26].

Row 2: space 1 time, OW [246], space 2 times, dot 4, EN [26].

Row 3: dot 5, K [13], dot 5, K [13], dot 5, K [13], GH [126].

Row 4: space 1 time, OW [246], space 5 times, GH [126].

Row 5: dot 5, K [13], dot 5, K [13], dot 5, K [13], dot 5, K [13], GH [126], space 4 times, OW [246], C [14], colon [25] two times, EN [26].

Row 6: space 1 time, OW [246], space 7 times, GH [126], space 2 times, dot 5, K [13], dot 5, K [13], dot 5, K [13], C [14], EN [26].

Row 7: dot 5, K [13], dot 5, K [13], dot 5, K [13], dot 5, K [13], dot 5, K [13], L [123], space 2 times, OW [246], hyphen [36] two times, colon [25] three times, hyphen [36], Z [1356], hyphen [36].

Row 8: space 1 time, OW [246], space 8 times, P [1234], C [14] two times, A [1], space 8 times, C [14], E [15], dot 3.

Row 9: dot 5, K [13], dot 5, K [13], dot 5, K [13], dot 5, K [13], dot 5, K [13], R [1235], colon [25] two times, EN [26], hyphen [36], space 8 times, A [1], space 1 time, C [14], EN [26].

Row 10: space 1 time, OW [246], space 8 times, L [123], space 3 times, dot 6, H [125], EN [26], space 9 times, hyphen [36], O [135].

Row 11: dot 5, K [13], dot 5, K [13], dot 5, K [13], dot 5, K [13], space 1 time, S [234], space 3 times, IN [35], E [15], K [13], IN [35], C [14], E [15], colon [25] two times, hyphen [36] two times, colon [25] two times, C [14].

Row 12: space 1 time, OW [246], space 5 times, dot 6, I [24], space 3 times, J [245], colon [25] two times, C [14].

Row 13: dot 5, K [13], dot 5, K [13], dot 5, U [136], I [24].

Row 14: space 1 time, OW [246], dot 6, dot 5, dot 4.

End design.

Drawing Notes:

The fish is swimming to the right side of the page. His tail is larger than his body. I added lines of color to the tail fin, dorsal fin and ventail fin. Our guppy has a large fantail and dorsal fin.

Fish – Guppy

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 4 rows, 11 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: space 5 times, WAS [356], HIS [236].

Row 2: dot 6, colon [25] two times, C [14] four times, EN [26], hyphen [36], WITH [23456], OF [12356].

Row 3: space 1 time, C [14], colon [25], hyphen [36] two times, dots 235, colon [25], C [14] two times, E [12456], Q [12345].

Row 4: space 4 times, C [14], A [1].

End design.

Drawing Notes:

Our little guppy is swimming to the left. She could be a plain guppy or a juvenile female fancy guppy, whichever you please.

Fish – Guppy

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 4 rows, 11 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 4 times, WAS [356], HIS [236].

Row 2: WITH [23456], OF [12356], hyphen [36], IN [35], C [14] four times, colon [25] two times, dot 3.

Row 3: ER [12456], Q [12345], C [14] two times, colon [25], dots 256, hyphen [36] two times, colon [25], C [14].

Row 4: space 5 times, dot 4, C [14].

End design.

Drawing Notes:

Our little guppy is swimming to the right. She could be a plain guppy or a juvenile female fancy guppy, whichever you please.

Goldfish

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 5 rows, 30 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: dot 6, hyphen [36] three times, space 5 times, WAS [356], OF [12356], dot 3, space 6 times, dot 6, WITH [23456], HIS [236], space 5 times, hyphen [36] three times, dot 3.

Row 2: space 1 time, dots 45, full cell 2 times, OF [12356], hyphen [36] two times, full cell 4 times, V [1236], space 6 times, dots 3456, full cell 4 times, hyphen [36] two times, WITH [23456], full cell 2 times, B [12].

Row 3: space 2 times, dots 46, full cell 2 times, V [1236], hyphen [36], space 2 times, WAS [356], dots 235, space 1 time, C [14], O [135], space 2 times, W [2456], full cell 10 times, K [13].

Row 4: dot 6, WITH [23456], full cell 2 times, F [124], space 1 time, ER [12456], F [124], WH [156], GG [2356], colon [25], dots 235, C [14], space 4 times, C [14], ER [12456], G [1245], full cell, P [1234], D [145], Q [12345], space 1 time, D [145], full cell 2 times, OF [12356], dot 3.

Row 5: space 8 times, dots 456, F [124], space 10 times, D [145], L [123].

End design.

Drawing Notes:

The two little goldfish are facing each other in the center of the tank. The fish on the left has an outline body to show the fin on this side. As these are fan-tail goldfish, you can color them almost any color you chose. Although orange/gold is the most common color, a dark red or white bodied fish are my favorite colors.

Fish – Goldfish

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 6 rows, 14 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: space 7 times, dot 5, GG [2356], dot 3.

Row 2: dot 6, GG [2356], full cell 2 times, GG [2356] two times, hyphen [36], IN [35], C [14] two times, colon [25], hyphen [36].

Row 3: space 4 times, TH [1456], full cell, P [1234], GH [126], space 4 times, A [1], O [135].

Row 4: space 4 times, dots 3456, full cell, space 2 times, Y [13456], dots 235, colon [25], C [14], A [1].

Row 5: space 3 times, dots 3456, Q [12345], A [1], space 1 time, J [245], ER [12456].

Row 6: space 3 times, P [1234].

End design.

Drawing Notes:

Our goldfish is swimming to the right. Our fish is modeled after the Fantail Goldfish with the larger tail.

Fish – Goldfish

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 6 rows, 14 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 4 times, dot 6, GG [2356], dot 2.

Row 2: space 1 time, hyphen [36] two times, colon [25], C [14] two times, EN [26], hyphen [36], GG [2356] two times, full cell 2 times, GG [2356], dot 3.

Row 3: OW [246], dot 4, space 4 times, AR [345], TH [1456], full cell, P [1234].

Row 4: space 1 time, dot 4, C [14], colon [25], dots 256, AND [12346], space 2 times, full cell, V [1236].

Row 5: space 5 times, Q [12345], H [125], space 1 time, dot 4, ER [12456], V [1236].

Row 6: space 10 times, TH [1456].

End design.

Drawing Notes:

Our goldfish is swimming to the left. Our fish is modeled after the Fantail Goldfish with the larger tail.

Fish – Cichlid

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 6 rows, 15 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: space 4 times, D [145], WITH [23456], GG [2356], OF [12356] three times, L [123].

Row 2: space 1 time, full cell, HIS [236], space 2 times, ER [12456], full cell, G [1245] three times, H [125], colon [25] two times, dot 3.

Row 3: dots 456, full cell 3 times, C [14] two times, space 5 times, dots 23, OW [246], O [135] two times.

Row 4: full cell 2 times, Q [12345], SH [146], full cell, OF [12356], hyphen [36] seven times, I [24].

Row 5: space 3 times, D [145], G [1245], Q [12345], A [1], space 2 times, WITH [23456], full cell.

Row 6: space 9 times, dot 45, L [123].

End design.

Drawing Notes:

Our fish is swimming to the right. The upper fin is standing straight up and has slight barbs on the top. I added a gill to the left of the eye.

Fun facts:

There may be over 1,650 species of this fish from Africa and South America. Of these, approximately 40 species work well in an aquarium.

You can draw two fish across a sheet of paper, so have fun mixing and matching the various fish.

Fish – Cichlid

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 6 rows, 15 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 4 times, L [123], WITH [23456] three times, GG [2356], OF [12356], F [124].

Row 2: space 1 time, dot 6, colon [25] two times, J [245], G [1245] three times, full cell, Q [12345], space 2 times, WAS [356], full cell.

Row 3: OW [246] two times, O [135], dots 56, space 5 times, C [14] two times, full cell 3 times, L [123].

Row 4: space 1 time, E [15], hyphen [36] seven times, WITH [23456], full cell, M [134], ER [12456], full cell 2 times.

Row 5: space 4 times, full cell, OF [12356], space 2 times, dot 4, ER [12456], G [1245], F [124].

Row 6: space 4 times, L [123], B [12].

End design.

Drawing Notes:

Our fish is swimming to the left. The upper fin is standing straight up and has slight barbs on the top. I added a gill to the right of the eye.

Fun facts:

The proper pronunciation of cichlid sounds like you are saying “sick lid.”

Fish – Angel

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 5 rows, 12 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: space 2 times, hyphen [36], IN [35], colon [25] two times, WITH [23456], full cell 2 times, Q [12345], C [14].

Row 2: space 1 time, AR [345], space 5 times, C [14] two times, EN [26], space 1 time, dot 6.

Row 3: WITH [23456], dot 4, space 2 times, OF [12356], space 4 times, dots 456, full cell, AND [12346].

Row 4: space 1 time, E [15], hyphen [36], space 4 times, hyphen [36] two times, I [24], space 1 time, dot 4.

Row 5: space 3 times, D [145], P [1234], C [14] two times, ER [12456], full cell, OF [12356], dot 3.

End design.

Drawing Notes:

Our fish is swimming to the left. This angel fish has its fins running along its body and is a different species than fish02.

Fish- Angel

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 7 rows, 12 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: space 1 time, D [145], G [1245], X [1346], M [134], colon [25], hyphen [36].

Row 2: space 4 times, AR [345], space 2 times, dot 4, EN [26].

Row 3: space 3 times, ST [34], space 5 times, GH [126].

Row 4: dots 456, C [14], S [234], space 2 times, dot 6, WITH [23456], dots 235, space 2 times, WH [156], dots 23.

Row 5: space 1 time, L [123], Y [1356], space 2 times, C [14] two times, space 2 times, dot 6, A [1].

Row 6: dots 45, I [24], space 1 time, L [123], space 3 times, hyphen [36], I [24].

Row 7: space 2 times, WAS [356], U [136], dot 5, C [14].

End design.

Fun Facts:

With distinctively compressed and disk-like bodies, angelfish stand out with contrasting bands of color which makes them attractive to aquarium keepers.

Fish – Blue Tang

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 5 rows, 13 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: space 2 times, dot 6, WAS [356] four times, hyphen [36].

Row 2: space 1 time, dot 6, J [245], G [1245] three times, full cell 3 times, HIS [236], space 1 time, dot 6, dot 3.

Row 3: dots 56, E [15], space 2 times, L [123], space 3 times, C [14], TH [1456], GG [2356], full cell, L [123].

Row 4: GH [126], space 8 times, dots 3456, HIS [236], dot 4, A [1].

Row 5: space 1 time, C [14], colon [25] four times, dots 256, full cell 2 times, F [124].

End design.

Drawing Notes:

Our fish is swimming to the left. The Regal blue tang has a blue body with a dark colored swirl from his eye down his spine and curving back to the gills. The tail is mostly yellow with just a dark blue edge. The two side fins may also be yellow.

Fun Fact:

Dorey from the Disney movies was a blue tang while Nemo was a clown fish.

Fish -Tang

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 5 rows, 14 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: space 4 times, WITH [23456], full cell 3 times, GG [2356] two times, hyphen [36] two times.

Row 2: full cell, OF [12356], dot 3, dots 456, F [124], space 3 times, dots 56, HIS [236], space 1 time, dots 456, WH [156].

Row 3: full cell 3 times, L [123], space 4 times, dots 456, full cell, dots 23, space 1 time, E [15], V [1236].

Row 4: full cell, Q [12345], A [1], WITH [23456], HIS [236], space 7 times, IN [35], C [14].

Row 5: space 3 times, dot 4, D [145], G [1245], C [14] two times, full cell, Q [12345], C [14], A [1].

End design.

Fun facts:

The tang fish is well-adapted for its natural habitat in the coral reefs.

Tang fish prefer to travel and feed together in large schools, perhaps as a means of overwhelming other fish that jealously protect algae spots.

Some species have the ability to lie motionless and “play dead” until a predator passes.

Fish – Butterfly

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 5 rows, 12 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: space 1 time, dots 56, full cell, OF [12356], GG [2356] two times, hyphen [36].

Row 2: space 2 times, full cell 2 times, G [1245], C [14] three times, dots 23.

Row 3: OF [12356], GG [2356], WITH [23456], space 5 times, dots 456.

Row 4: F [124], WAS [356], full cell, GG [2356], hyphen [36], space 3 times, U [136], Z [1356], HIS [236], dot 3.

Row 5: space 1 time, D [145], full cell, G [1245], A [1], C [14] three times.

End design.

Drawing Notes:

Our butterfly fish is swimming to the right. Notice how his fins are more swept backward than his counterpart which have more pointed fins.

Fish – Butterfly

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 7 rows, 15 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: space 6 times, dot 6, hyphen [36] two times, X [1346], U [136].

Row 2: space 4 times, IN [35], C [14] three times, G [1245], X [1346] two times, K [13], space 2 times, hyphen [36].

Row 3: space 3 times, ST [34], space 6 times, dot 4, ED [1246], WAS [356], X [1346] two times.

Row 4: WAS [356], colon [25], I [24], space 1 time, G [1245], space 2 times, X [1346] two times, space 2 times, dot 6, I [24], C [14], X [1346].

Row 5: space 1 time, C [14] two times, colon [25], hyphen [36] two times, space 3 times, hyphen [36], THE [2346], X [1346] two times.

Row 6: space 6 times, TH [1456] two times, C [14].

Row 7: space 7 times, C [14].

End design.

Fun facts:

There are at least 114 recorded species of saltwater butterflyfish, and they are some of the most beautiful and exotic colored fish known in the sea.

Shark -Solid

By Richard Hinkle

Design is 9 rows, 30 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: space 17 times, dot 6, dot 3.

Row 2: OU [1256], dot 6, space 15 times, dots 456, full cell.

Row 3: space 1 time, full cell, OF [12356], space 13 times, dot 6, full cell 2 times, OF [12356], GG [2356] two times, hyphen [36] two times.

Row 4: space 1 time, dots 456, full cell, OF [12356], space 4 times, WAS [356], hyphen [36] three times, GG [2356] two times, full cell 13 times, GG [2356], hyphen [36].

Row 5: space 2 times, Y [13456], full cell 18 times, WH [156] four times, full cell 2 times, dots 3456, full cell, R [1235].

Row 6: space 1 time, dots 456, full cell 2 times, Q [12345], C [14] four times, G [1245] two times, full cell 10 times, AR [345] four times, full cell 2 times, X [1346], C [14].

Row 7: dot 6, WITH [23456], full cell, F [124], space 7 times, dots 456, Q [12345], C [14] two times, G [1245] two times, full cell 7 times, G [1245] two times, C [14].

Row 8: space 18 times, full cell 2 times, F [124].

Row 9: space 18 times, F [124].

End design.

Drawing Notes:

The shark is swimming to the right. It was drawn as a solid but highlights the gills.

Fun facts:

Although it is hard to test the hearing of sharks, they may have a sharp sense of hearing and can possibly hear prey from many miles away.

The smallest shark, a dwarf lantern shark is smaller than a human hand. It’s rarely seen and little is known about it, having only been observed a few times off the northern tip of South America at depths between 283–439 meters (928–1,440 feet).

Growing up to 20 meters long (65.6 ft.) and weighing 12,500 kilograms (27,557.78 pounds), the whale shark is without a doubt the largest shark in the world.

Shark

By Richard Hinkle

Design is 9 rows, 30 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: space 11 times, dots 56, L [123].

Row 2: space 11 times, L [123] two times, space 15 times, dot 6, T [2345].

Row 3: space 6 times, hyphen [36] two times, colon [25] two times, I [24], space 1 time, dots 45, dot 3, space 13 times, S [234], dots 456.

Row 4: space 1 time, hyphen [36], colon [25], C [14] three times, space 8 times, C [14] two times, colon [25] two times, hyphen [36] three times, EN [26], space 4 times, S [234], space 1 time, L [123].

Row 5: OW [246], space 1 time, dot 4, space 2 times, WH [156] three times, space 14 times, C [14] four times, space 1 time, OW [246].

Row 6: space 1 time, C [14], X [1346], F [124], space 1 time, I [24] three times, dots 56, C [14] two times, dots 23, space 6 times, dot 6, colon [25] two times, C [14] four times, EN [26], space 2 times, L [123].

Row 7: space 3 times, C [14], colon [25] two times, hyphen [36] two times, dots 3456, space 2 times, V [1236], hyphen [36], colon [25] two times, C [14] two times, EN [26], L [123], space 7 times, E [15], hyphen [36], Z [1356], dot 3.

Row 8: space 9 times, E [15], dot 3, WH [156].

Row 9: space 11 times, D [145].

End design.

Drawing Notes:

The shark is swimming to the left. It was drawn as an outline to highlight the gills and size of the side fins.

Fish – Clown

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 5 rows, 14 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: space 7 times, dot 6, GG [2356], dots 23.

Row 2: space 1 time, hyphen [36] two times, space 1 time, WITH [23456], G [1245], TH [1456], P [1234], C [14] two times, SH [146], HIS [236].

Row 3: dots 456, X [1346] two times, full cell, space 2 times, dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, full cell, space 1 time, I [24], dots 23.

Row 4: space 1 time, C [14] two times, space 1 time, full cell, GG [2356], dots 3456, V [1236], hyphen [36] two times, Y [13456], HIS [236], I [24].

Row 5: space 7 times, dots 56, Q [12345], A [1].

End design.

Drawing Notes:

This clown fish is swimming to the right. The solid bands across his body are white and contrast well against the orange body.

Fish 03 -Clown

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 4 rows, 14 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: space 2 times, hyphen [36], WAS [356], colon [25], G [1245], colon [25], HIS [236], WITH [23456], OF [12356], space 2 times, hyphen [36].

Row 2: dot 6, WITH [23456], space 2 times, dot 5, dots 256, space 3 times, dot 4, GG [2356], C [14], space 1 time, full cell.

Row 3: dot 4, ER [12456], hyphen [36], space 1 time, dot 5, J [245], space 3 times, hyphen [36], G [1245], hyphen [36], space 1 time, full cell.

Row 4: space 3 times, C [14], D [145], Q [12345], C [14], TH [1456], full cell, F [124], space 2 times, C [14].

End design.

Fun facts:

Thirty species of clownfish are recognized. The largest can reach a length of 17 cm, (6.7 in), while the smallest barely achieve 7–8 cm (2.75 in).

Nemo, from the movie “Saving Nemo” is the most popular clownfish today.

Fish – Bass

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 15 rows, 26 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: space 10 times, dot 6, dots 56, dot 6.

Row 2: space 9 times, THE [2346] two times, WITH [23456], OF [12356], THE [2346] two times, WAS [356], space 1 time, hyphen [36], GG [2356] two times, hyphen [36].

Row 3: space 8 times, dot 6, Q [12345], C [14] six times, D [145], G [1245] two times, ER [12456], full cell two times, HIS [236].

Row 4: space 5 times, dot 6, T [2345], G [1245], F [124], space 11 times, dot 4, ER [12456], Q [12345].

Row 5: space 2 times, hyphen [36], T [2345], G [1245], F [124], space 5 times, dot 6, THE [2346], space 8 times, dot 4, OF [12356].

Row 6: full cell, G [1245], C [14], space 3 times, A [1], space 3 times, WITH [23456], full cell, R [1235], space 10 times, ER [12456], dot 3.

Row 7: dots 45, V [1236], space 8 times, ER [12456], full cell, R [1235], space 10 times, dots 4, OF [12356].

Row 8: space 1 time, TH [1456], dots 23, space 8 times, dot 4, ED [1246], space 5 times, hyphen [36], GG [2356] two times, hyphen [36], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123].

Row 9: space 1 time, WAS [356], F [124], space 3 times, hyphen [36] two times, GG [2356] three times, HIS [236], hyphen [36] three times, WAS [356], G [1245], F [124], C [14], space 2 times, C [14], OF [12356], space 2 times, full cell.

Row 10: space 1 time, G [1245], GG [2356] two times, G [1245] two times, C [14] two times, space 3 times, dot 4, ER [12456], full cell, G [1245], F [124], space 5 times, dots 356, B [12], space 1 time, dots 456, L [123].

Row 11: space 13 times, C [14], space 2 times, W [2456], AND [12346], C [14] three times, A [1], space 2 times, full cell.

Row 12: space 17 times, dot 4, OU [1256], hyphen [36], dot 3, space 3 times, WITH [23456], A [1].

Row 13: space 20 times, TH [1456], dot 3, dots 456, L [123].

Row 14: space 21 times, full cell 2 times.

Row 15: space 21 times, dot 4, F [124].

End design.

Drawing Notes:

The bass is facing left with his tail pointed downward as if just finishing a powerful push. Notice how spiked the front (left) dorsal fin is compared to the second. His open mouth is as large as his body which makes this a large mouth bass.

Fish – Catfish

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 8 rows, 30 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: space 11 times, hyphen [36].

Row 2: space 10 times, WITH [23456], full cell 2 times, dots 23.

Row 3: space 1 time, dot 3, dots 56, space 6 times, WITH [23456], full cell 2 times, Q [12345].

Row 4: space 1 time, E [15], dots 3456, hyphen [36], GG [2356] two times, WITH [23456], full cell 10 times, GG [2356] four times, dot 2, space 1 time, hyphen [36], WAS [356], GG [2356] two times, HIS [236].

Row 5: space 1 time, Y [13456], full cell 25 times, P [1234].

Row 6: dot 6, I [24], Q [12345] two times, WITH [23456], full cell 15 times, AND [12346], M [134], C [14], ER [12456], full cell 3 times, V [1236].

Row 7: dot 6, I [24], space 1 time, L [123], dots 456, space 2 times, C [14], G [1245] three times, C [14], D [145], full cell, OF [12356], HIS [236], D [145], full cell 4 times, Q [12345], space 3 times, C [14], G [1245], F [124].

Row 8: space 3 times, B [12], dots 45, space 8 times, dot 4, C [14] two times, space 2 times, C [14] two times, A [1].

End design.

Drawing Notes:

The fish is swimming across the page to the left. The dorsal fin is standing upright. Notice there are two whiskers pointing up from the mouth of the fish and four whiskers pointing down. I wonder how our fish lost two whiskers!

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