Okay, not finding a definite answer online, what is the word for FISH in
Japanese?

BTW - When I say FISH, I mean, if you had a pet fish, I do not mean eating a
fish, make sense?

According to my research, I think it should be uo (うお) but most sites suggest
to say fish in Japanese you should say sakana (さかな) but, near as I can tell,
sakana is fished fish, not a pet...
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What is the word for FISH in Japanese? Sakana or Uo?
さかな is the answer.

Strictly speaking, it really depends on the kind of fish. If you're keeping a
goldfish as a pet, it's [金魚]{きんぎょ}. If you have a tropical fish, it's
[熱帯魚]{ねったいぎょ}. But in general, it's fine to say [魚]{さかな}を[飼]{か}っています. By using
the verb [飼]{か}う, you are indicating that you keep the fish as a pet.

うお is also a word for fish, but it tends to be used in specific words like
[魚市場]{うおいちば}、[飛]{と}び[魚]{うお}、[魚座]{うおざ}, etc. So さかな and ギョ are much more common
readings. You have to get used to the idea that in Japanese there are often
several different ways to express a single concept in English, for example.
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