William Tyler Olcott

“ The principal star in the constellation is α Piscium, known as "Al-Rischa," meaning the Cord, or "Okda," the Knot of the two threads. It marks the knot formed by the joining together of the ends of the ribbons that hold the Fishes fast by the tail. The Arabs knew these two cords as "the Flaxen Thread."
It is a double star which culminates at 9 p.m. Dec. 7th. The remaining stars in the constellation are unimportant.
On a clear night, when the moon is absent from the sky, the lines of stars representing the ribbons can be clearly seen. ”

“ It is also claimed that the name of the Fishes was derived from the fact that, at the time when the sun entered Pisces, fishes were considered as fattest and most in season for use.
Brown claims that Pisces is a reduplication of the nocturnal sun, the fish sun concealed in the waters. The archaic myth is that of the resumption of the cultivation of the earth after the catastrophe of the Flood.
The Arabs knew the Western Fish as "Al-Hut," the Fish, and they considered the stars in the Northern Fish as part of the constellation Andromeda. ”