PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide fish nippers 1 with a compact contour convenient to be carried or stored when closed.SOLUTION: The fish nippers 1 include a pair of nipper bodies 2U and 2L extending in the longitudinal direction. The nipper bodies 2U and 2L are openably/closably connected to each other by a spindle 3 in the vicinity of their rear ends. The nipper bodies 2U and 2L respectively include a holding part 4U or 4L for holding an object, and a gripping part 5U or 5L for the gripping operation by a human hand. The holding parts 4U and 4L of the respective nipper bodies respectively have an outer wall 8U or 8L extending in the longitudinal direction on the right or left side. When the holding parts 4U and 4L are closed to each other, the outer wall 8L of the other nipper body 2L is engaged with the inner side of the outer wall 8U of one nipper body 2U.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】閉じられたときに携行や収納に便利なコンパクトな外形状となる魚バサミ1の提供。【解決手段】前後に延びる一対のハサミ本体2U、2Lを有する魚バサミ1であって、上記ハサミ本体2U、2L同士がその後端近傍において支軸3によって開閉可能に連結されており、このハサミ本体2U、2Lが、対象物を挟むための前方の挟持部4U、4Lと、人の手が握り操作するための後方の握り部5U、5Lとを有しており、各ハサミ本体の挟持部4U、4Lが、左右両側を前後に延びる外壁8U、8Lを有しており、挟持部4U、4L同士が閉じられたときに、他方のハサミ本体2Lの外壁8Lが、一方の本体2Uの外壁8Uの内側に嵌合するように構成されている。【選択図】図1