![](https://ws3.sinaimg.cn/large/006tNc79ly1ft33g0hwowj31ac0n6407.jpg) ## What are _Fish Scales_? They are a set of common terms in the Steem community used to classify your account type. Different to reputation score, "Fish Scales" define the amount of SP in your account and therefore represent your influence in the Steem ecosystem. Throughout our reports and tools we refer to these classifications and here will define their theshold SP values. ## SteemSmarter's interpretation of _Fish Scales_: We have consulted with the Steem community to both the existing terminology, rating method and thesholds. In this process, we have decided on a number of customisations to our classification. * Instead of using *gross* SP similar to platforms like busy.org and others in the community, we are using *net* which is calcuated post-delegation of SP. For example, if you had 500 SP, you would normally be a *Minnow*, but if someone delegated to you another 50,000 SP, you are then a *Dolphin*. * We have also changed the term *Orca* to *Shark* in our terminology. [Here](https://busy.org/@ashe-oro/we-need-your-feedback-how-should-we-classify-accounts-on-steem) is a past post where we asked for community feedback regarding the change and saw a very favorable reponse to using *Shark*.
# Fish Scales

## Whale | ![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUVn4Gw219b2RP3qDkX1sVrqaRxe1yER7uJVNHxWuarwf/image.png) | User with 350,000+ SP in their account.
Whales are the biggest fish in the Steem ocean.
A single upvote may be worth hundreds of dollars. | | -------- | -------- | ## Shark | ![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUUndDFSnmuzHCgsEy55rGPGbnorTbmYMgS6WotJU8yXJ/image.png) | User with 100,000 - 349,999 SP in their account.
Sharks are the second biggest fish in the Steem ocean.
A single upvote may be worth tens of dollars. | | -------- | -------- | ## Dolphin | ![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXAi5NZK2Hdm3sxtyt1chFrEEwu9XWrmoJpLxfBSmF7Lr/image.png) | User with 5,000 - 99,999 SP in their account.
Dolphins are the middle fish in the Steem ocean.
A single upvote is worth likely a few dollars. | | -------- | -------- | ## Minnow | ![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmc6VMe5irQbjWwKdLuZito8ziCiTJhCpGqd186vSYXyFS/image.png) | User with 500 - 4,999 SP in their account.
Minnow is the second smallest fish in the Steem ocean.
A single upvote may be worth up to a dollar. | | -------- | -------- | ## Plankton | ![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUPMhdxUxuM8dQ4fnZ1Ab89J6VxbGLXuht1vg62xp3z5i/image.png) | User with 0 - 499 SP in their account.
Plankton are the smallest fish in the Steem ocean.
A single upvote is worth likely a few cents or nothing at all. | | -------- | -------- |

In the future, if we make changes to these classifications we will revise and republish this post. ![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmToJe24EdH9y1mSnRirZj13R9S6SmGnvNni2cCa4m1AuA/image.png) The SteemSmarter Team — [@ashe-oro](https://busy.org/@ashe-oro), [@crypthoe](https://busy.org/@crypthoe), [@thescubageek](https://busy.org/@thescubageek) ![](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmUgjARzUyVZ3XUcmKdpRa4HHEj2bM8kcwz7MfxKnqN5Ri)