Fishing matters

[Anonymoose]

When using the noun form of fish, it's one of those weird scenarios in grammar where plurality extends to more than just collection, but distinction.

For instance, if you have a few bream - you have a few fish.
But if you have a bucket with bream, trout, and guppies in it - your bucket contains three fishes. (But, all in all, a lot of fish!)

It's hard to explain, but do you follow me? The troublesome part is that, over the years, both have found their way into official publication so often that they're both currently acceptable in both situations (><). "Fruit" is the same way. You can have a basket of fruit (look at them all!) that contains many fruits (so many types!).

I, myself, stick to that standard (mostly because phrases like "Fruit and Vegetables" sound so stupid compared to "Fruits and Vegetables"). I'm a purist, but technically the current text is okay, depending on if you ask the MLA or a picky moose. ^~^~(^(∞)^)~^~^

Which do our local Syntax Voidsent follow? ...... That may be another matter....

Reference:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fish
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fishes

As for the Vylbrand thing...
Crimsons are insanely common at Iron Lake and fairly common in Cassiopeia Hollow (both are on the island of Vylbrand). It seems that they've migrated eastwards a bit, though. I think the flavor text is a "starter hint" to direct you where you'd be most likely to find them - though, I agree, something a little less restrictive would be more accurate.