Online, this swimmer pops up in meme-speak as a warning to “don’t get phished,” slides into thirsty DMs as a cheeky nod to bait and hooks, and surfaces in astrology posts for Pisces season. Deploy it sarcastically when something smells off, dramatically when you’re “a fish out of water,” or awkwardly to paddle away from a convo. Culturally, it fits right into fish-and-chips content, coastal vacation flexes, and “catch of the day” humblebrags across social feeds.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a streamlined, silvery-blue fish facing left: a gradient blue back over a pale belly, a crisp gill line, a bright, round eye, and a tidy forked tail with a glossy, almost wet sheen. The mouth is small and lightly puckered, like it’s mid-bubble or about to nibble a crumb. No bold striping here—that’s the tropical fish emoji’s territory—so this reads as a generic blue fish rather than a Finding Nemo lookalike. Clean, shiny shading and the sharp side profile make it immediately recognizable.
As an all-purpose ocean buddy, it covers seafood cravings, aquarium flexes, fishing trips, and the classic breakup pep talk: “plenty of fish in the sea.” It doubles as a covert side-eye—drop it when something feels fishy/sus, or when you’re fishing for compliments without owning up to it. Pair it with waves or a hook to broadcast “gone fishing,” literally or emotionally. It swims through foodie posts from sushi nights to Friday fish fries, and it can even flirt: “You’re the catch of the day,” often paired with sparkles.
Definition
Medium sized fish that looks blue and white. Scales are not showing but it is pleasant.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
179 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:fish:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Blue Fish
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Animal Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Human/living Things
Unicode Subcategory
Animal Symbols
Names & Annotations
FISH
Symbol Information
U+1F41F proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-1BD
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#Exp.70 'Fish' 魚 U+E751 SJIS-F9F6 JIS-7A60
KDDI
#203 星座(うお座) 「星座(uo座)」 U+E49A SJIS-F672 JIS-7553
Softbank
#130 #old25 魚 U+E019 SJIS-F959
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🐟
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🐟
Decimal HTML Entity
🐟
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🐟
Hex Code Point(s)
1f41f
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F41F
Decimal Code Point(s)
128031
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x90 0x9F
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 90 9F
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 220 237
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC1F
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc1f
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56351
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F41F
UTF-32 Hex
01F41F
UTF-32 Dec
128031
Python Src
u"\U0001F41F"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x90\x9f"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC1F"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
