fighting fish

American  

noun

1. any of several brightly colored labyrinth fishes of the genus Betta, found in Southeast Asia.

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fighting fish British  

noun

1. any of various labyrinth fishes of the genus Betta , esp the Siamese fighting fish

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Example Sentences

However, bettas, also known as the Siamese fighting fish, did not become living works of art on their own.

From New York Times

Other species making use of color for courtship include the fan-throated lizard, with a wattle of iridescent blue and orange, and the Siamese fighting fish, its tail bristling with blood-orange finnage.

From New York Times

But a new study in fighting fish has demonstrated that as the fish spar, genes in their brains begin to turn on and off in a coordinated way.

From Science Magazine

It contains some marinated corvina but much more of its life-restoring liquid, so much more that it comes in a small glass bowl of the kind that usually provide a home for a Japanese fighting fish.

From New York Times

Chareeya and Pran flirt, a ritual that can seem “like two Siamese fighting fish grappling each other in a bottle of glue.”

From New York Times