one fish, brown fish, wood fish, what fish

So I found this wooden fish in someone's garbage bin a couple weeks ago on one of our walks around town.  And I snagged it.

I rather like snagging something out of other people's trash provided a) it's pretty cool and b) said trash is found on the curb prior to trash pickup.  Meaning, I don't exactly go around sneaking through folks' trash cans when I'm visiting them or anything like that.  Just in case you were wondering.

I also found a wooden drying rack in need of a minor repair.  Silly tossers.  Lucky me.

But back to the fish.

I grabbed it thinking that I could do something creative with it for Claire's room.  (The room that at the moment still holds a bookshelf and a cabinet, 2 fig trees, a futon, a recliner, and our television)  But we're getting there.  Sort of.

Question is, what will that creative something be?

I could paint it bright, fun colors.  I could use it as the body of a chime of sorts made by stringing all of the seashells and other treasures we found at the beach on her first beach trip.  Fish.  Shells.  Makes sense.  I could paint a small underwater scene on one of the walls and hang fish on it as I find them.

I found some inspiration for creative and inexpensive wall decorations here.  But nothing about fish.

Got any ideas?