You might be a fish nerd if you cheered for the fish in any of the Jaws movies.

You might be a fish nerd if the Devonian is your favorite geologic period.

You might be a fish nerd if you know why the Devonian would be the favorite geologic period of a fish nerd.

You might be a fish nerd if when people ask you to describe what you do for a living, you bring up Deuce Bigalow.

You might be a fish nerd if you can remember the Latin name, but can’t seem to remember the common name of a species of fish.

You might be a fish nerd if you go to a seafood restaurant and grill the waiter on what fish they are serving, where it was caught, how it was caught, etc.  Bonus points if you show your Seafood Watch Guide. (check the links section…or download the app!)

You might be a fish nerd if you find this video funny:

You might be a fish nerd if you are irritated when someone calls a sea star a “starfish”.

You might be a fish nerd if you have a shelf in your fridge or freezer devoted to fish food.

You might be a fish nerd if your local fish store starts asking you for advice.

You might be a fish nerd if your fish breed more than you do.

You might be a fish nerd if you feed your fish shrimp, and yourself ramen.

You might be a fish nerd if you can spend hours walking the aisles of your local fish store, admiring the displays like you were at a public aquarium.

You might be a fish nerd if your fish tank’s decor looks better than the decor in your house.

You might be a fish nerd if you plan vacations around the availability of competent friends to watch your tank while you are gone.  (and then when you finally do go on vacation, you call home every day to check on your tanks)

You might be a fish nerd if you are reading this website.

You might be a fish nerd if you crave tuna safe dolphin over dolphin safe tuna. (Dolphins are just gay sharks, right?)

You might be a fish nerd if you have ever been concerned about mycobacteria.

You might be a fish nerd if you have one  tattooed on your body.  (I think I need to start a nerdy fish tattoo page on this site)

You might be a fish nerd if you own more field guides than novels. (Ok, I think just owning a field guide may make you a fish nerd)

You might be a fish nerd if you go on reefcentral.com just to browse the custom tanks that people are installing in their houses (interestingly, the people that own the tanks are not the nerds, but the guys putting them in and taking care of them are!)

You might be a fish nerd if you have a membership to reefcentral.com. (or even know what it is!)

You might be a fish nerd if you own a Tampa Bay Rays or Florida Marlins baseball hat  just because it has a fish on it.

You might be a fish nerd if you plan vacations around large public aquariums (Shedd, Georgia, Steinhart, etc)

You might be a fish nerd if you watched Finding Nemo and tried to identify all of the fish in the movie, at least to genus.

You might be a fish nerd if all of your friends and family email you any fish related article they come across…and you excitedly read them all!

You might be a fish nerd if your favorite Mitch Hedberg joke is “You know when they have a fishing show on TV? They catch the fish and then let it go. They don’t want to eat the fish, they just want to make it late for something.”

or this one “Fish are always eating other fish. If fish could scream, the ocean would be loud as shit. You would not want to submerge your head, nothing but fish going “Ahhh, fuck! I thought I looked like that rock!”"

or this one “I have an underwater camera just in case I crash my car into a river, and at the last minute I see a photo opportunity of a fish that I have never seen.”

or this one “I don’t like grouper fish. Well, they’re okay. They hang around star fish. [crowd is silent] …Because they’re grouper fish…”

ok, one more “I saw a fish all by itself, I said, “Dude, you should stay in school.””

You might be a fish nerd if you have a fish sticker on the back of your car/truck.

You might be a fish nerd if you have a favorite field guide, and defend it to anyone that says another one is better.

You might be a fish nerd if the Jesus fish logo actually makes you think about fish.

You might be a fish nerd if you watched Deep Blue Sea…and enjoyed the idea of genetically engineering intelligent sharks…but immediately poked 1000 holes in the science behind it.  (Samuel L Jackson is a convincing scientist, right?)

You might be a fish nerd if Mr Ray from Finding Nemo is your favorite cartoon character of all time.

You might be a fish nerd if you also drink like a fish.

You might be a fish nerd if you eat seafood, but only if it is sustainable.

You might be a fish nerd if you have wanted to me a marine biologist when you grow up since you were old enough to know what one was.

You might be a fish nerd if you take “Shark Week” week off work.

You might be a fish nerd if you find yourself defending sharks whenever there is a shark attack in the news.  (They aren’t evil monsters!)

You might be a fish nerd if you can finish this tune “Fish Heads, Fish Heads…”

You might be a fish nerd if “you freaked out a date by referring to your kids and were actually referring to your fish”"  -Mindy Baker

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