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Fish are held to be suitable marks for military families as they are symbols of prowess and fortitude. They are also symbols of the forces of industry and science, and emblems of the Christian faith of the bearer, especially in early coats of arms. Though there are often specific names blazoned on crests and arms with fish, there usually isn’t any consistent difference between the way each fish is drawn, and often the names are intended as puns on the name of the bearer or are in reference to characteristics of the land owned by that family. In ancient times the rolls only mentioned a few variations but later grew to include between thirty and forty different species, such as salmon, haddock, cod, herring, trout, eel, chub, ling, whiting, burbot, roach, and many more obscure types. In early arms fish were only drawn upright, or hauriant, but now fish can be found in a wide variety of positions.

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