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Fish olympics
100m swim

Mackerel

Mackerel

Ray MulletThis little guy is one of the 'in' crowd, and a few thousand of his close friends are here to cheer him on. He has a good chance in this race, if only he can avoid being eaten!

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Sea horse
© Below Water

Sea horse

Ray MulletThe crowd's favourite, this quiet little filly is the smallest fish in the race, but makes up for that with a lovely swimming action.

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Shark
© Paul Naylor

Shark

Ray MulletThe crowd has been booing this fish - he's got a bit of a bad reputation but is mostly misunderstood. He cruises the sea, hunting and eating other fish, including some of the other competitors!

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Monkfish
© Paul Naylor

Monkfish

Ray MulletNot much is known about this competitor - she tends to lay low. She's big, ugly and has a strange fishing rod sticking out of her head. Hope she doesn't frighten the other competitors with that thing!

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