What Fish Stamps Do You Have???

Ireland's 2014 set of 8 computer-vended stamps depicting Irish animals and marine life included this item depicting the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus). The basking shark is the second largest species of fish, with adults reaching a length of 6-8 meters (20-26 feet).

Malawi
Fish - Lake Malawi Cichlids
May 3, 1967
Pseudotropheus auratus
Labeotropheus trewavasae
Pseudotropheus zebra
Pseudotropheus tropheops

Sri Lanka
Fish
October 12, 1972
Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator)
Green Chromide (Etroplus suratensis)
Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)
Black Ruby Barb (Puntius nigrofasciatus)

The spiny seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) as shown here is one of a set of 8 computer-vended stamps Ireland issued in 2012 as its 3rd series of "Irish animals and marine life". The stamp on the left is the computer-vended stamp. The black "code" information (postage value, stamp machine #, type of service, and vertical 3-digit coil stamp # from roll) are all printed at the time of purchase by a thermal printer.

The stamp on the right is NOT computer-vended postage. It is a special production of Irish Post. It is sold in strips of the 8 different designs with only the larger, single digit number # (1-8) in the lower right corner these stamps. The black "code " information on these stamps was offset printed.

New Caledonia
Fauna - Fishes
March 7, 1984
Clark's Anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii)
Bicolour Angelfish (Centropyge bicolor)

French South and Antarctic Territory
Channichthyinae
January 2, 2015
Pagetopsis macropterus
Chaenodraco wilsoni
Chionodraco myersi
Pagetopsis maculatus
(Design: Pierre Albusson)

Zimbabwe
Fish
July 12, 1989
Red-breasted Tilapia (Tilapia rendalli)
Chessa (Distichodus schenga)
Eastern Bottlenose (Mormyrus longirostris)
Vundu (Heterobranchus longifilis)
Large-mouth Black Bass (Micropterus salmoides)
Lesser Tigerfish (Hydrocynus forskalii)

Fiji
Fijian Trigger Fish
April 27, 2005
Rhinecanthus aculeatus
Pseudobalistes fuscus
Balistapus undulatus
Balistoides conspicillum

Fiji
Freshwater Gobies of Fiji - Beli
April 5, 2007
Sicyopterus lagocephalus
Stiphodon rutilaureus
Sicyopus zosterophorum
Stiphodon sp.
Gobies are fish of the family Gobiidae. Most of them are relatively small, typically less than 10 cm in length. Several gobies are of interest as aquarium fish.

Belgium
Fish booklet
September 10, 1990
European Perch (Perca fluviatilis)
Common Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)
European Bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus amarus)
Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
(artists: Eric Daniëls and P.P.G. De Schutter)

The tompot blenny i(Parablennius gattorugine) is featured on an Irish computer-vended stamp from the 2010 set of 8 "native animals and marine life' series. This small fish (up to 30 cms./1 ft.) can be found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean area, and into the Black sea. It is characterized by the fringed barbels above the eyes.

The code #11052 indicates the stamp was sold/vended on the 052nd day of 2011, and the cancel shows it was postmarked on that day, 21.2.11.

Christmas Island
Christmas Island Fish
May 21, 2013
Cocos Angelfish (Centropyge joculator)
Ladder Wrasse (Thalassoma trilobatum)
Redtooth Triggerfish (Odonus niger)
Red-striped Pigfish (Bodianus opercularis)

Fiji
Endemic Fish of Fiji
August 12, 2003
Bicolored Foxface (Siganus uspi)
The bicolored foxface is a rabbitfish found at reefs off Fiji in the Pacific. It grows to a size of 24 centimeters in length.

French Polynesia
Fishes
February 4, 1982
Heavyback Parrotfish (Scarus gibbus)
Regal Angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus)
Greasy Grouper (Epinephelus tauvina)

Greece
Euromed Postal joint issue
July 8, 2016
Fish of the Mediterranean