Lord Vishnu's form as a huge fish, one of the dasha-avataras, the ten most famous incarnations of the Lord. Matsya appeared at the end of the Cakshusha manvantara to save the next Manu, the seven sages, and the Vedas from the universal deluge.

the fish incarnation of the Supreme Lord.

Vishnu's first incarnation, a fish that instructed Manu to save humanity by building a ship and then towed the ship to safety when the deluge came

He was son of Uparicara and a Cedipa