tropical fish

noun

1. any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tropical fish¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

On the Discovery Cove website, it is described as an "all-inclusive day resort" which offers opportunities to swim with dolphins and snorkel among tropical fish.

From BBC

The girl was pronounced dead at a hospital on Wednesday, a day after she was found unresponsive in a pool at Discovery Cove, the Orlando marine park where visitors can swim with dolphins and tropical fish, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

From Seattle Times

A University of Adelaide study of shallow-water fish communities on rocky reefs in south-eastern Australia has found climate change is helping tropical fish species invade temperate Australian waters.

From Science Daily

The novel populations of tropical fish in temperate ecosystems are not having much of an impact now, but may do in the future.

From Science Daily

"Because water temperatures in temperate Australia are still a bit cool, these tropical fish do not grow to their maximum size and therefore are not fully competing with temperate Australian fish -- yet," says Professor David Booth of the University of Technology Sydney, a co-Chief Investigator of the study.

From Science Daily