Fear of fish, or ichthyophobia, ranges from cultural phenomena, such as a fear of eating fish, touching raw fish or seeing dead fish, up to an irrational specific phobia. The particular fear of sharks is given its own name, selachophobia or galeophobia.
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1. Wikipedia: Fear of fish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_fishQuote, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_fish
ichthyophobia ranges from cultural phenomena...up to irrational fear (specific phobia)
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