In Lewis Carroll's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Fish-Footman delivers a croquet invitation from the Queen of Hearts to the Duchess's the Frog-Footman, which he then delivers to the Duchess. In Japan, he is called the Fish Orderly or the Fishface Servant.
In Tim Burton's 2010 remake of Alice in Wonderland, the Red Queen has a Fish-Footman working in her castle as a butler. Both the Frog-Footmen and the Fish-Footman have been shown in a featurette for Tim Burton's adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, which premieres March 5, 2010.