flagfish
American
[flag-fish]
/ ˈflægˌfɪʃ /
noun
flagfish,
plural
flagfishes
plural
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Also called American flagfish. a killifish, Jordanella floridae, inhabiting swamps and streams of Florida, having a blue-brown back and whitish sides with red stripes, often kept in aquariums.
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any of several other brightly colored fishes.
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