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jewelfish

American  
[joo-uhl-fish] / ˈdʒu əlˌfɪʃ /

noun

plural

jewelfishes,

plural

jewelfish

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

jewelfish British  
/ ˈdʒuːəlˌfɪʃ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of jewelfish

jewel + fish

Example Sentences

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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 Walter, F. P.

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