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'''Cave fish men''' are humanoid versions of the [[cave fish]] and one of the many [[Creature|races]] of underground tribal [[animal people]] found living in small groups on any [[cavern]] level. They stand at roughly half the size of an adult [[dwarf]], and have a pair of legs despite their [[graphics]] suggesting otherwise.

Despite being labelled as hostile in the unit list, cave fish men initially found in the caverns will ignore your citizens unless provoked. They will usually be observed carrying wooden [[spear]]s, [[blowgun]]s and [[shield]]s, although they are sometimes seen using metal items instead. These can range from [[copper]] to [[steel]], and are presumably caused by a bug. Depending on which other subterranean creatures they have access to, their [[blowdart]]s will be covered in different [[syndrome|poisons]], which can vary from mildly annoying [[cave spider]] venom to highly [[fun|dangerous]] [[giant cave spider]] toxins. You can preemptively check for poisons by selecting a [[blowgunner]], looking in their items tab and viewing their blowdarts.

Cave fish men may launch [[ambush|group attacks]] on your fort. When this happens, all tribesmen on the map will become hostile, even if they were peaceful minutes prior to the invasion. They may arrive with [[pet]]s and [[mount]]s, some of which will be able to fly or easily catch up to your fleeing civilians. These invaders, unlike their above-ground counterparts, will not leave after some time has passed, even if your fort is completely sealed off from the caverns, nor will they prevent migrants, caravans or other invaders from arriving; including more waves of cave fish men. Because of this, several unchallenged assaults from them can quickly cause your game's FPS to drop to single-digit levels, thus making your fort completely unplayable.

Cave fish men are [[amphibious]]. That means that they can swim through your reservoirs in order to get through your defenses, or will lie in wait to ambush your [[fisherdwarf|fisherdwarves]], so plan your defenses accordingly. Fortunately, it turns out that being in the water washes any [[blowdart]]s clean of their venom, meaning that [[blowgunner]]s that travel aquatically will have their threat level minimized.

Some dwarves [[Preferences|like]] cave fish men for their ''beauty''.

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Some cave fish women have shown preference for using [[spear]]s and have even been observed wearing full metal [[armor]]. A small number of [[lizard man|lizard women]] with silly accents have been noted wanting to [[Marriage|marry]] said cave fish women.
{{Translation| dwarven = äs tatlosh udos | elvish = garetho thaci onino | goblin = omo otu ngorûg | human = ngethac amsir abo}}

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File:cave_fish_man.jpg|''Art by LukeH.''
File:Notebook_06_CaveFishMan.jpg|''Concept art by Bay 12 Games.''
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