Starting to get our friend on the continent some fish (7)
I believe the answer is:
gourami
'continent some fish' is the definition.
'gourami' can be an answer for 'fish' (I have seen 'Tropical fish ' mean 'gourami' so perhaps 'fish' could also mean 'gourami'). I am not certain of the 'continent some' bit.
'starting to get our friend on' is the wordplay.
'starting to' says to take the initial letters.
'friend' becomes 'ami' ('friend' in French).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
The first letter of 'get' is 'g'.
'g'+'our'+'ami'='GOURAMI'
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gourami that I've seen before include "Brightly coloured aquarium fish" , "Tropical fish" .)