Matsya
According to
the Matsya Purana, the king of pre-ancient Dravida and a devotee of Vishnu, Satyavrata who later was known as Manu was washing his hands in a river
when a little fish swam into his hands and pleaded
with him to save its life. He put it in a jar, which it soon outgrew. He then
moved it to a tank, a river and then finally the ocean but to no avail. The
fish then revealed himself to be Vishnu and told him that a deluge would occur
within seven days that would destroy all life. Therefore, Satyavrata was
instructed to take "all medicinal herbs, all the varieties of seeds, and
accompanied by the seven saints” along with the serpent Vasuki and other animals. Lord Matsya is generally represented as a
four-armed figure with the upper torso of a man and the lower of a fish. You
may realize that this is quite similar to “Noah’s Ark”. 
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