""A 'Shachihoko' (鯱鉾) or 'Shachi' (鯱) is an animal in Japanese folklore with the head of a tiger and the body of a carp.
It was believed that this animal could cause the rain to fall, and as such, temples and castles were often adorned with roof ornaments (shibi) crafted in the form of a shachihoko, in order to protect them from fire.
When pronounced 'shachi ', 鯱 also means orca."" - WiKi

Model: origami Shachihoko
Design by Fumiaki Kawahata
Diagrams in Tanteidan Magazine #101.
Folded from a square hand made paper 21x21 cm. Height about 8 cm.

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Herman van Goubergen created this 'two in one'-origamimodel in 1995-1996. When you look at the top, it's a swan (see photo left), but when you turn it around you see a fish (see photo right) ;-)) It's one of his models belonging to what he mentions "Mirrorigami".

Model: 2 in 1: "On the water" AND "Under water"
Design by Herman van Goubergen
Diagrams can be found here.

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This origami model is the last one in the category "Mirrorigami" by Herman van Goubergen (2010). Maybe there will be more in the future......?
This fish is easy to fold, it takes more time to find the right angle for the photo ;-))
I used an old mirror to create some ambiance.

Submitted to EXPLORE Worthy, The Number Games 8 (Art from 2014)

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"The Halloween Magic has done it's work!", cried 'Lady Witch' out loud!!!
"When I woke up and went downstairs I found "Fish" alive again, lying on the table!!!!."
"There was a note attached saying, that in the future there will be updates, but meanwhile...... now I'm able to take 'Fish" with me. I'm so grateful to you all, thanks for your help, much appreciated".

Design Origami "Goldfish Chopstick Holder": Hidehisa Inayoshi
Diagrams in Tanteidan Convention Book 19
Folded from a square 15x15cm rather thick duo-colored foil, with a pattern of little squares.

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This little origami fish is a beautiful design by Takuro Kashiwamura and nice to fold too ;-))
I folded it with silkworm transparant paper (20x20cm), so that the sunlight would make the color nuances.

Model: Angelfish
Design by Takuro Kashiwamura (2012)
Diagrams in the Czech Origami Convention book 2012 and also available as the E-booklet : Angelfish (SQUARE ORIGAMI CREATORS) (Japanese Edition) Kindle Edition.

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