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jewelfish

[ joo-uhl-fish ]

noun

plural jewelfishes, (especially collectively) jewelfish.
  1. a brightly colored cichlid fish, Hemichromis bimaculatus, native to Africa: popular in home aquariums.


jewelfish

/ ˈːəˌɪʃ /

noun

  1. an African cichlid, Hemichromis bimaculatus : a beautifully coloured and popular aquarium fish
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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.

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Two aggressive aquarium fish, the Mayan cichlid and African jewelfish, are also high on the invasives list.

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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.

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And as for other fish common to the Atlantic and Mediterranean, I was unable to observe miralets, triggerfish, puffers, seahorses, jewelfish, trumpetfish, blennies, gray mullet, wrasse, smelt, flying fish, anchovies, sea bream, porgies, garfish, or any of the chief representatives of the order Pleuronecta, such as sole, flounder, plaice, dab, and brill, simply because of the dizzying speed with which the Nautilus hustled through these opulent waters.

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