tropical fish
noun
: any of various small usually showy fishes of tropical origin often kept in a tropical aquarium
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The resort is spread across two tiny islands that are linked by a footbridge over the country’s first marine reserve, developed to safeguard turtles, seahorses, and tropical fish.
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Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 25 Feb. 2025
Visitors can walk the boardwalk, observe the thousands of tropical fish in the aquariums, hang out in the butterfly garden, or visit the sea turtle rehabilitation facility.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2025
Snorkelers have colonies of coral reefs teeming with tropical fish to explore.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2025
This small cove of calm water protects parrot, clown, and other tropical fish.
—Sandy Allen, AFAR Media, 10 Jan. 2025
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Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 25 Feb. 2025
Visitors can walk the boardwalk, observe the thousands of tropical fish in the aquariums, hang out in the butterfly garden, or visit the sea turtle rehabilitation facility.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2025
Snorkelers have colonies of coral reefs teeming with tropical fish to explore.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2025
This small cove of calm water protects parrot, clown, and other tropical fish.
—Sandy Allen, AFAR Media, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Tropical fish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tropical%20fish. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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