tropical fish

American  

noun

1. any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.

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Etymology

Origin of tropical fish

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

The only other facility we were allowed to see was a karaoke club, with spectacular private rooms, cavernous domes entirely covered in digital screens on which huge tropical fish and sharks swam.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025

Now engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder have shown that the same physical process that helps remove dirt from laundry could play a role in how tropical fish get their colorful stripes and spots.

From Science Daily • Nov. 8, 2023

The researchers demonstrated this by deleting genes linked to producing and absorbing oxytocin in the brains of zebrafish, a small tropical fish often used for research.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2023

He eats whatever he can scrounge up, including, at one point, tropical fish.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2023

More than once I accidentally pushed a button and recoiled in terror as the blank screen came to life with exotic tropical fish or swarms of flying toasters.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris