Paradise-fish


noun
1.
any small freshwater fish of the genus Macropodus, of southeastern Asia, often kept in aquariums.
noun
1.
any of several beautifully coloured labyrinth fishes of the genus Macropodus, esp M. opercularis, of S and SE Asia

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