List of piscine and amphibian humanoids
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Piscine and amphibian humanoids (people with the characteristics of fish or amphibians) have made appearances throughout mythology, cryptozoology, folklore and fiction.
In mythology
- Mami Wata from the mythology of the Southern Africa
- Adaro from the mythology of the Solomon Islands
- Atargatis from Assyrian mythology
- Dagon in Semitic mythology
- Ea from Babylonian mythology
- Glaucus: a mortal transformed into a merman in Greek mythology
- Heqet: Ancient Egyptian frog-headed goddess of fertility.
- Huh: Ancient Egyptian frog-headed god whose name means "endlessness".
- Iaras from Brazilian mythology
- Matsya, an avatar of Vishnu in piscine form
- Nommo fish-like amphibian spirits in Dogon mythology.
- Oannes from Babylonian mythology
- Pincoys and La Sirena chilota, princess of the sea from Chilote mythology
- Rusalki from Slavic mythology
- Siyokoy in Philippine mythology
- Triton, the son of Poseidon
- Vodyanoy from Slavic mythology
- Yacuruna from the indigenous people of the Amazon
In folklore
- The Amabie from Japanese folklore
- The ceasg in Scottish folklore
- Finfolk from the folklore of Orkney
- Melusine in European folklore
- The Neck from Scandinavian folklore
- The Ningyo from Japanese folklore
- Merrows from Irish folklore
- The Umibōzu from Japanese folklore
- Sirens, while initially described as birdlike, were associated with mermaids in later folklore
In cryptozoology
- The Bishop-fish of Poland
- The fish-man of Liérganes, Spain
- The Loveland Frog, of Loveland, Ohio
- The sea monk of Denmark
Hoaxes
- Fiji mermaids, taxidermic hoaxes exhibited by P. T. Barnum and others
In fiction
- Abe Sapien and the "frog monsters" from the Hellboy comics
- Argonians from Elder Scrolls
- Aulbath (aka Rikuo) from the video game series, Darkstalkers, by Capcom
- The Aquaphibians from the Stingray TV series
- The Battletoads, from the videogame of the same name
- Molly, Gil, Goby, Deema, Oona and Nonny from Bubble Guppies
- Bullywug from the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game setting
- The race of Cabira (one of Chilled's henchmen) is a race of fish-like humanoids.
- Crazy Frog
- Deep Ones from H. P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth
- The Fishmen are a race of fish-like humans from the anime One Piece.
- The Fish People from the radio broadcast Alexei Sayle and the Fish People
- Frog-Man and the Ani-Men version of Frog-Man from Marvel Comics
- The Frogman, a character from the Oz novel series
- Gill-man from The Creature from the Black Lagoon
- Goo from Gumby
- Grendel and Grendel's mother from Beowulf
- Gungans from Star Wars
- The harbor master, from Robert W. Chambers's 1904 short story The Harbor-Master
- The titular creatures from "Humanoids from the Deep"
- Hynerians from Farscape
- Ichthyander from Amphibian Man by Alexander Belyayev
- Kanassans are a race of fish-like humanoids from Planet Manassas. They are said to possess psychic abilities, including being able to read minds and see into the future. They featured in the special Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku.
- Kermit the Frog and Robin the Frog from The Muppets
- Marsh-wiggles from The Chronicles of Narnia
- The Little Mermaid, from the tales of Hans Christian Andersen
- Mer-Man from the Masters of the Universe franchise
- Michigan J. Frog, star of the Looney Tunes short One Froggy Evening and onetime mascot of The WB.
- Murloc are a species of amphibious creatures which live in tribes in World of Warcraft
- Namor, the Sub-Mariner from the Marvel Universe
- Neptuna, the mermaid-like boss in Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
- The Newts in War with the Newts by Karel Čapek
- Pepe the Frog, comic character and Internet meme
- The Rokea from the roleplaying game Werewolf: the Apocalypse
- Sahuagin from the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game setting
- Salarians, a race in the Mass Effect series
- Sea Devils from Doctor Who
- Sil, from Doctor Who
- In the Dragon Ball Z series, the alien race of Sūi' (one of Frieza's foot soldiers) is a race of humanoid fish-like aliens, who worked in the Galactic Frieza Army.
- The TigerSharks in the cartoon series of the same name
- Mr. Toad from The Wind in the Willows
- Zoras from The Legend of Zelda