jewelfish

American

[joo-uhl-fish] / ˈdʒu əlˌfɪʃ /

noun

a brightly colored cichlid fish, Hemichromis bimaculatus, native to Africa: popular in home aquariums.

jewelfish British

/ ˈdʒuːəlˌfɪʃ /

noun

an African cichlid, Hemichromis bimaculatus : a beautifully coloured and popular aquarium fish

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Origin of jewelfish

jewel + fish

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jewelfish

Scientists poking through the bellies of wood storks, an “indicator species” for Everglades restoration, have found evidence that they are feasting on the non-native African jewelfish.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2019

I'd noted that in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean there exist a number of absolutely identical species of fish: eels, butterfish, greenfish, bass, jewelfish, flying fish.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by F. P. Walter

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