angelfish
Americannoun
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a South American freshwater fish, genus Pterophyllum, often kept in aquariums.
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any of various small tropical marine percoid fishes of the genus Pomacanthus and related genera, which have a deep flattened brightly coloured body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae See also butterflyfish
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Also called: scalare. a South American cichlid, Pterophyllum scalare, of the Amazon region, having a compressed body and large dorsal and anal fins: a popular aquarium fish
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another name for angel shark
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At first she kept every angelfish, betta and gourami.
From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2023
Those keys have enabled him to breed fish that no one else has, including striped regal angelfish and frilly black-bodied, orange-rimmed pinnatus batfish.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2022
Animals raised by farms on land or in the ocean statewide include shrimp, oysters, clams, moi, tilapia, kampachi, koi and angelfish.
From Washington Times • Oct. 20, 2020
In addition to sharks darting about, there are colorful clown triggerfish, emperor angelfish, guinea fowl puffers and more than 3,000 pieces of coral.
From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2020
The fish had the hues of sunsets on their scales, and the most beautiful, the angelfish, were three for a penny, while the uglier, more edible ones, were sixpence each.
From Jungle Peace by Beebe, William
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