tropical fish
noun
: any of various small usually showy fishes of tropical origin often kept in a tropical aquarium
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My advice here is simple, however: Sell the tropical fish tank/Lego Millennium Falcon/Sonos and make some room.
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Chris Haslam, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024
What's inside: A reef ecosystem will showcase Indo-Pacific leopard sharks, spotted eagle rays and schools of tropical fish.
—Melissa Santos, Axios, 25 July 2024
Guests can lie in bed watching local marine life glide by; expect to see everything from octopus to colourful sea slugs and tropical fish.
—Irenie Forshaw, The Week Uk, theweek, 23 July 2024
Police were able to determine that the sand was a type of gravel used in fish tanks and traced it to a tropical fish store on Park Heights Avenue, The Baltimore Sun reported.
—Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 20 July 2024
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Chris Haslam, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024
What's inside: A reef ecosystem will showcase Indo-Pacific leopard sharks, spotted eagle rays and schools of tropical fish.
—Melissa Santos, Axios, 25 July 2024
Guests can lie in bed watching local marine life glide by; expect to see everything from octopus to colourful sea slugs and tropical fish.
—Irenie Forshaw, The Week Uk, theweek, 23 July 2024
Police were able to determine that the sand was a type of gravel used in fish tanks and traced it to a tropical fish store on Park Heights Avenue, The Baltimore Sun reported.
—Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 20 July 2024
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“Tropical fish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tropical%20fish. Accessed 29 Sep. 2024.
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