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{{about|the mob in ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft]]''|the item|Tropical Fish (item)|other uses|Fish (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox entity
| title = Tropical Fish
| group1 = Small
| 1-1 = Clownfish.png
| group2 = Large
| 2-1 = Ornate Butterfly.png
| extratext = [[#Gallery|View all renders]]
| invimage = Tropical Fish Spawn Egg
| invimage2 = Bucket of Tropical Fish
| health = {{hp|3}}
| behavior = Passive
| mobtype = {{EntityLink|Animal}}<br>{{EntityLink|Aquatic}}
| size = '''{{IN|Java}}:'''<br>
Height: 0.4 blocks<br>Width: 0.5 blocks<br>
'''{{IN|Bedrock}}:'''<br>
Height: 0.52 blocks<br>Width: 0.52 blocks
| speed = 0.7
| spawn = {{BiomeLink|Mangrove Swamp}} <br> {{BiomeLink|Lukewarm Ocean}} <br> {{BiomeLink|Deep Lukewarm Ocean}} <br> {{BiomeLink|Warm Ocean}} <br> {{BiomeLink|Lush Caves}}
| usableitems = {{drop|Item|Water Bucket}}
}}

'''Tropical fish''' are common [[Minecraft:Bucket of aquatic mob|bucketable]] aquatic [[Minecraft:passive mob]]s found in warm or lukewarm [[Minecraft:ocean]]s, [[Minecraft:mangrove swamp]]s and [[Minecraft:lush caves]]. There are 2,700 naturally occurring variants of tropical fish of different colors and shapes with unique names {{in|bedrock}} and 3,072 {{in|java}}.<ref name="MC-261096"/>

== Spawning ==
[[File:Tropicalfish.png|thumb|A group of tropical fish in a [[lukewarm ocean]].]]
{{IN|java}}, random varieties of tropical fish spawn in groups of 8 in [[Minecraft:Lukewarm Ocean|lukewarm]] or [[Minecraft:Warm Ocean|warm]] oceans (as well as their deep variants) and [[Minecraft:mangrove swamp]]s at Y-level 50 to 63, and in [[Minecraft:lush caves]] in aquifers at any Y-level. They are subject to [[Minecraft:Fish#Spawning|fish spawning requirements]].

{{IN|bedrock}}, tropical fish spawn underwater at 12-32 blocks away from the player. Tropical fish spawn only in [[Minecraft:Warm Ocean|warm]], [[Minecraft:Lukewarm Ocean|lukewarm]], [[Minecraft:Deep Lukewarm Ocean|deep lukewarm]] ocean biomes; [[Minecraft:lush caves]], in groups of 3-5 for the same preset pattern, and in groups of 1-3 for a random pattern; and mangrove swamps. In addition, tropical fish in warm, lukewarm, and deep ocean variants can spawn only at Y levels between 50 and 64 and must be on the surface (i.e., there must not be a spawnable block above the spawn location with a non-solid block on top). Tropical fish in lush caves can spawn on aquifers at any Y levels but require underground.

{{Mob spawn table}}

== Drops ==
=== On death ===
{{DropTable
|{{DropLine|name=Tropical Fish|link=Tropical Fish (item)}}
|{{DropLine|name=Bone Meal|edition=java|dropchance=5%}}
|{{DropLine|name=Bone|edition=bedrock|dropchance=25%|lootingchance=1%|lootingquantity=1-2}}
}}
* {{xp|1|3}} when killed by a [[Minecraft:player]] or tamed [[Minecraft:wolf]].

== Behavior ==
Tropical fish tend to swim in schools of fish with a maximum of 7 tropical fish per school. Tropical fish are also able to go against the water flow.

The player may collect a tropical fish by {{control|using}} a [[Minecraft:water bucket]] on it, which gives the player a [[Minecraft:bucket of tropical fish]]. {{control|Using}} that fish bucket against a block empties the bucket, placing water with that fish swimming in it. Tropical fish placed via buckets do not despawn naturally.

Tropical fish cannot be bred, but only spawn in designated biomes.

=== Weaknesses ===
Tropical fish cannot survive out of water. Outside of water, they flop around for a while until eventually they suffocate and die. {{IN|bedrock}}, they rotate when flipping. Fish cannot swim or breathe in cauldron water.<ref>{{bug|MC-126819}} – "fish bouncing and suffocating on top of the cauldron which fills with water" resolved as "Won't Fix"</ref>

Fish have a weakness to weapons that have the [[Minecraft:Impaling]] enchantment, which also affects [[Minecraft:aquatic]] mobs except [[Minecraft:drowned]].{{only|java}}

== Varieties ==
[[File:Wild Tropical Fish Variants.png|thumb|300px|The 22 uniquely-named varieties of tropical fish in ''Java Edition''. From top to bottom and left to right:
<ol><li>Anemone, Black Tang, Blue Tang, Butterflyfish, Cichlid, Clownfish</li>
<li>Cotton Candy Betta, Dottyback, Emperor Red Snapper, Goatfish, Moorish Idol, Ornate Butterflyfish</li>
<li>Parrotfish, Queen Angelfish, Red Cichlid, Red Lipped Blenny, Red Snapper, Threadfin</li>
<li>Tomato Clownfish, Triggerfish, Yellowtail Parrotfish, Yellow Tang</li></ol>]]
[[File:All Tropical Fish variants.png|thumb|300px|All possible tropical fish variants.]]

=== ''Java Edition'' ===
When tropical fish spawn in the wild, 90% of the time they appear as schools of one of the 22 varieties in the first image, and the other 10% of the time their patterns, shape, and colors are completely random, drawn from any of 2 shapes, 6 patterns, 16 base colors, and 16 pattern colors. The color black is not supposed to appear on any naturally-spawned tropical fish, since the eyes are usually hard to see<ref name="Black">{{bug|MC-169763||Black-colored tropical fish never spawn naturally or using spawn eggs|WAI}}</ref>, but due to a bug<ref name="MC-261096">{{bug|MC-261096||Tropical fish spawn with black colors since 1.19.3}}</ref> black can be chosen randomly. This results in 3,072 naturally-occurring combinations, instead of the intended 2,880.

Tropical fish can be [[Minecraft:summoned]] with black as one or both of their colors, and/or without any visible pattern,{{more info|How is this done? Put it in the data values section below}} though even without the pattern they can still have a pattern color, causing a further 884 possible combinations, 480 of which look the same due to the missing pattern.

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
Tropical fish do not have common varieties {{in|bedrock}}. Instead, naturally spawned tropical fish have 2 spawn attempts: the first chooses one of the 22 preset variants, and the other uses randomly chosen patterns, sizes, shapes, and colors (except black).
Tropical fish spawned from a spawn egg use randomly chosen patterns, sizes, shapes, and colors (except black).
Using commands, tropical fish may be spawned as one of the 22 preset variants. Due to {{bug|MCPE-117477}}, yellowtail parrot fish do not spawn, therefore only 21 preset variants exist on Bedrock Edition. The specific command used is {{cmd|summon tropicalfish ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ minecraft:fish_name}}.

=== Names ===
<onlyinclude>Tropical fish variants in buckets have names that are assigned based on their colors and type. {{IN|Bedrock}}, the names are in the name of the bucket, giving names like "Bucket of Dottyback", "Bucket of Sky-Orange Snooper", or "Bucket of Orange-Lime Dasher". {{IN|Java}}, the type, and colors are displayed as additional lines in the item tooltip.

{{IN|Bedrock}}, the following colors are renamed from their defaults when they refer to tropical fish. Parentheses indicate default name and color id - see {{slink||Entity data}}.
* {{BlockLink|Light Blue Concrete|link=none|text=Sky}} (Light Blue; 3)
* {{BlockLink|Pink Concrete|link=none|text=Rose}} (Pink; 6)
* {{BlockLink|Light Gray Concrete|link=none|text=Silver}} (Light Gray; 8)
* {{BlockLink|Cyan Concrete|link=none|text=Teal}} (Cyan; 9)
* {{BlockLink|Purple Concrete|link=none|text=Plum}} (Purple; 10)

The base color is first, and the pattern color is next if it is different.

The fish type is determined according to the shape and pattern of the fish:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|Flopper
|Stripey
|Glitter
|Blockfish
|Betty
|Clayfish
|Kob
|Sunstreak<ref group="n" name="Sunstreak">Sunstreak {{in|Java}}, SunStreak {{in|Bedrock}}.</ref>
|Snooper
|Dasher
|Brinely
|Spotty
|- style="background-color: rgb(219 205 157)"
|[[File:White-Gray_Flopper.png|48px]]
|[[File:White-Gray_Stripey.png|48px]]
|[[File:White-Gray_Glitter.png|48px]]
|[[File:White-Gray_Blockfish.png|48px]]
|[[File:White-Gray_Betty.png|48px]]
|[[File:White-Gray_Clayfish.png|48px]]
|[[File:White-Gray_Kob.png|48px]]
|[[File:White-Gray_Sunstreak.png|48px]]
|[[File:White-Gray_Snooper.png|48px]]
|[[File:White-Gray_Dasher.png|48px]]
|[[File:White-Gray_Brinely.png|48px]]
|[[File:White-Gray_Spotty.png|48px]]
|}
Some varieties of tropical fish don't follow the normal naming system; instead, they reference real-life fish species. {{IN|Java}}, these unique fish are limited to the 22 common varieties. {{IN|Bedrock}}, there are also 22 uniquely-named tropical fish, though they are not all the same as {{in|Java}}. These uniquely-named tropical fish aren't different from regular tropical fish in terms of design or behavior.

These varieties are:

{| class="wikitable collapsible"
! Name !! Type !! Image
|-
| Anemone || Orange-Gray Stripey || [[File:Anemone.png|center|50px]]
|-
| Black Tang || Gray Flopper || [[File:Black Tang.png|center|50px]]
|-
| Blue Tang{{only|java|short=1}} || Gray-Blue Flopper || [[File:Blue Tang.png|center|50px]]
|-
| Blue Dory{{only|bedrock|short=1}} || Gray-Sky SunStreak || [[File:Blue Dory.png|center|50px]]
|-
|Butterflyfish{{only|java|short=1}}|| White-Gray Clayfish || [[File:Butterflyfish.png|center|50px]]
|-
|Butterfly Fish{{only|bedrock|short=1}}|| White-Gray Brinely || [[File:White-Gray_Brinely.png|center|50px]]
|-
| Cichlid || Blue-Gray Sunstreak{{only|java|short=1}}<br>Blue-Gray SunStreak{{only|bedrock|short=1}}|| [[File:Cichlid.png|center|50px]]
|-
| Clownfish || Orange-White Kob || [[File:Clownfish.png|center|50px]]
|-
| Cotton Candy Betta || Pink-Light Blue Spotty{{only|java|short=1}}<br>Rose-Sky Spotty{{only|bedrock|short=1}} || [[File:Cotton Candy Betta.png|center|50px]]
|-
| Dottyback || Purple-Yellow Blockfish{{only|java|short=1}}<br>Plum-Yellow Blockfish{{only|bedrock|short=1}} || [[File:Dottyback.png|center|50px]]
|-
| Emperor Red Snapper || White-Red Clayfish || [[File:Emperor Red Snapper.png|center|50px]]
|-
| Goatfish || White-Yellow Spotty || [[File:Goatfish.png|center|50px]]
|-
| Moorish Idol || White-Gray Glitter || [[File:Moorish Idol.png|center|50px]]
|-
| Ornate Butterflyfish{{only|java|short=1}}<br>Ornate Butterfly{{only|bedrock|short=1}} || White-Orange Clayfish || [[File:Ornate Butterfly.png|center|50px]]
|-
| Parrotfish || Cyan-Pink Dasher{{only|java|short=1}}<br>Teal-Rose Dasher{{only|bedrock|short=1}} || [[File:Parrotfish.png|center|50px]]
|-
| Queen Angelfish{{only|java|short=1}}<br>Queen Angel Fish{{only|bedrock|short=1}} || Lime-Light Blue Brinely{{only|java|short=1}}<br>Lime-Sky Brinely{{only|bedrock|short=1}} || [[File:Queen Angelfish.png|center|50px]]
|-
| Red Cichlid || Red-White Betty || [[File:Red Cichlid.png|center|50px]]
|-
| Red Lipped Blenny || Gray-Red Snooper || [[File:Red Lipped Blenny.png|center|50px]]
|-
| Red Snapper || Red-White Blockfish || [[File:Red Snapper.png|center|50px]]
|-
| Threadfin || White-Yellow Flopper || [[File:Threadfin.png|center|50px]]
|-
| Tomato Clownfish{{only|java|short=1}} || Red-White Kob || [[File:Tomato Clownfish.png|center|50px]]
|-
| Tomato Clown{{only|bedrock|short=1}} || Red-White SunStreak || [[File:Tomato Clown.png|center|50px]]
|-
| Triggerfish || Gray-White Sunstreak{{only|java|short=1}}<br>Gray-White SunStreak{{only|bedrock|short=1}}|| [[File:Triggerfish.png|center|50px]]
|-
| Yellowtail Parrotfish{{only|java|short=1}}<br>Yellowtail Parrot{{only|bedrock|short=1}} || Cyan-Yellow Dasher{{only|java|short=1}}<br>Teal-Yellow Dasher{{only|bedrock|short=1}} || [[File:Yellowtail Parrot.png|center|50px]]
|-
|rowspan=2|Yellow Tang
|| Yellow Flopper{{only|java|short=1}}|| [[File:yellow tang fix.png|center|50px]]
|-
|| Yellow Stripey {{only|bedrock|short=1}}
|| [[File:Yellow Tang.png|center|50px]]
|}{{reflist|group=n}}

== Sounds ==
{{JE}}:
{{SoundTable
| type = java
| {{SoundLine
| sound =-
|subtitle=''None''
|source=neutral
|description=Randomly
|id=entity.tropical_fish.ambient
|translationkey=''None''
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16}}
| {{SoundLine
|rowspan=2
|sound=Fish hurt1.ogg
|sound2=Fish hurt2.ogg
|sound3=Fish hurt3.ogg
|sound4=Fish hurt4.ogg
|subtitle=Tropical Fish dies
|source=neutral
|description=When a tropical fish dies
|id=entity.tropical_fish.death
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.tropical_fish.death
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.64-0.96
|distance=16}}
| {{SoundLine
|subtitle=Tropical Fish hurts
|source=neutral
|description=When a tropical fish is damaged
|id=entity.tropical_fish.hurt
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.tropical_fish.hurt
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16}}
| {{SoundLine
|sound=Fish flop1.ogg
|sound2=Fish flop2.ogg
|sound3=Fish flop3.ogg
|sound4=Fish flop4.ogg
|subtitle=Tropical Fish flops
|source=neutral
|description=When a tropical fish is outside of water
|id=entity.tropical_fish.flop
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.tropical_fish.flop
|volume=0.3
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16}}
| {{SoundLine
|sound=Fish swim1.ogg
|sound2=Fish swim2.ogg
|sound3=Fish swim3.ogg
|sound4=Fish swim4.ogg
|sound5=Fish swim5.ogg
|sound6=Fish swim6.ogg
|sound7=Fish swim7.ogg
|subtitle=Splashes
|source=neutral
|description=While a tropical fish is swimming
|id=entity.fish.swim
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.fish.swim
|volume=0.0-1.0 <ref group=sound name=speedvolume>The fish's momentum, with the horizontal axes' velocities multiplied by 0.2 (capped at 1.0)</ref>
|pitch=0.6-1.4
| distance = 16
}}
}}

{{BE}}:
{{SoundTable
| type = bedrock
| {{SoundLine
| sound =Fish hurt1.ogg
|sound2=Fish hurt2.ogg
|sound3=Fish hurt3.ogg
|sound4=Fish hurt4.ogg
|source=neutral
|description=When a tropical fish dies
|id=mob.fish.hurt
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2}}
| {{SoundLine
|source=neutral
|description=When a tropical fish is damaged
|id=mob.fish.hurt
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2}}
| {{SoundLine
|sound=Fish flop1.ogg
|sound2=Fish flop2.ogg
|sound3=Fish flop3.ogg
|sound4=Fish flop4.ogg
|source=neutral
|description=While a tropical fish is on land
|id=mob.fish.flop
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
| {{SoundLine
|sound=Fish swim1.ogg
|sound2=Fish swim2.ogg
|sound3=Fish swim3.ogg
|sound4=Fish swim4.ogg
|sound5=Fish swim5.ogg
|sound6=Fish swim6.ogg
|sound7=Fish swim7.ogg
|source=neutral
|description=While a tropical fish is swimming
|id=mob.fish.step
|volume=0.15
| pitch = 1.0
}}
}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showentitytags=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Tropical Fish
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=tropical_fish
|entitytags=aquatic, axolotl_hunt_targets, can_breathe_under_water, not_scary_for_pufferfish, sensitive_to_impaling
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Tropical Fish
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=tropicalfish
|showentityfamily=y
|entityfamily=aquatic,fish,tropicalfish
|id=111
|foot=1}}

=== Entity data ===
Tropical fish have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

{{el|bedrock}}:
: See [[Minecraft:Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format]].

{{el|java}}:
{{main|Entity format}}
<section begin="entity data" /><div class="treeview">
* {{nbt|compound}} Entity data
** {{nbt inherit/entity}}
** {{nbt inherit/mob}}
** {{nbt|byte|FromBucket}}: 1 or 0 (true/false) - Whether the fish had ever been released from a bucket.
** {{nbt|int|Variant}}: A 4-byte integer. Encodes the {{DCL|minecraft:tropical_fish/base_color}}, {{DCL|minecraft:tropical_fish/pattern}}, and {{DCL|minecraft:tropical_fish/pattern_color}} components.
*** The least significant byte has a value of either 0 for a small fish, or 1 for a large fish. Values above 1 result in an invisible fish.
*** The next byte has a value from 0–5, representing the pattern on the fish. Values above 5 result in a fish with no pattern.
*** The next byte has a value from 0–15, representing the color of the fish's body.
*** The most significant byte has a value from 0–15, representing the color of the fish's pattern.
</div>
{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Color
! Data value
|-
| {{BlockSprite|white-concrete}} White
| <code>0</code>
|-
| {{BlockSprite|orange-concrete}} Orange
| <code>1</code>
|-
| {{BlockSprite|magenta-concrete}} Magenta
| <code>2</code>
|-
| {{BlockSprite|light-blue-concrete}} Light Blue
| <code>3</code>
|-
| {{BlockSprite|yellow-concrete}} Yellow
| <code>4</code>
|-
| {{BlockSprite|lime-concrete}} Lime
| <code>5</code>
|-
| {{BlockSprite|pink-concrete}} Pink
| <code>6</code>
|-
| {{BlockSprite|gray-concrete}} Gray
| <code>7</code>
|-
| {{BlockSprite|light-gray-concrete}} Light Gray
| <code>8</code>
|-
| {{BlockSprite|cyan-concrete}} Cyan
| <code>9</code>
|-
| {{BlockSprite|purple-concrete}} Purple
| <code>10</code>
|-
| {{BlockSprite|blue-concrete}} Blue
| <code>11</code>
|-
| {{BlockSprite|brown-concrete}} Brown
| <code>12</code>
|-
| {{BlockSprite|green-concrete}} Green
| <code>13</code>
|-
| {{BlockSprite|red-concrete}} Red
| <code>14</code>
|-
| {{BlockSprite|black-concrete}} Black
| <code>15</code>
|}

The fish sizes and patterns are depicted in the following table, with white body color and dark-gray pattern color.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| colspan=2 rowspan=2 |
! colspan=6 | second-least byte
|-
! 0 !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5
|-
! rowspan=2 | <div style="-webkit-transform: rotate(270deg); -moz-transform: rotate(270deg); -o-transform: rotate(270deg); white-space: nowrap; margin: 0 -1.6em;">least byte</div> || 1
| colspan=6 rowspan=2 style="padding:0 0 0 0;" |
{| style="line-height:1.2em; text-align:center;"
|-
| style="padding:0 0 0 0;" |
{| style="width:300px; table-layout:fixed;"
| colspan=3 style="width:23.1%" | Flopper
| style="width:7.7%" |
| colspan=3 style="width:23.1%" | Glitter
| style="width:7.7%" |
| colspan=3 style="width:23.1%" | Betty
| colspan=2 style="width:15.4%" |
|-
| colspan=2 style="width:15.4%" |
| colspan=3 style="width:23.1%" | Stripey
| style="width:7.7%" |
| colspan=3 style="width:23.1%" | Blockfish
| style="width:7.7%" |
| colspan=3 style="width:23.1%" | Clayfish
|}
|-
| style="padding:0 0 0 0;" | [[File:Tropical Fish Patterns.png|300px]]
|-
| style="padding:0 0 0 0;" |
{| style="width:300px; table-layout:fixed;"
| colspan=3 style="width:23.1%" | Kob
| style="width:7.7%" |
| colspan=3 style="width:23.1%" | Snooper
| style="width:7.7%" |
| colspan=3 style="width:23.1%" | Brinely
| colspan=2 style="width:15.4%" |
|-
| colspan=2 style="width:15.4%" |
| colspan=3 style="width:23.1%" | Sunstreak
| style="width:7.7%" |
| colspan=3 style="width:23.1%" | Dasher
| style="width:7.7%" |
| colspan=3 style="width:23.1%" | Spotty
|}
|}
|-
! 0
|}

The 22 varieties of tropical fish most commonly found throughout the world have <code>Variant</code> tag values from the following table, which also lists what color/shape/patterns come from that value.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Shape !! Pattern !! Base color !! Pattern color !! Variant !! Type !! Name
|-
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 65536 || Orange-White Kob || ''Clownfish''
|-
| 0 || 1 || 7 || 0 || 459008 || Gray-White Sunstreak || ''Triggerfish''
|-
| 0 || 0 || 14 || 0 || 917504 || Red-White Kob || ''Tomato Clownfish''
|-
| 1 || 3 || 14 || 0 || 918273 || Red-White Blockfish || ''Red Snapper''
|-
| 1 || 4 || 14 || 0 || 918529 || Red-White Betty || ''Red Cichlid''
|-
| 1 || 5 || 0 || 1 || 16778497 || White-Orange Clayfish || ''Ornate Butterflyfish''
|-
| 0 || 4 || 5 || 3 || 50660352 || Lime-Light Blue Brinely || ''Queen Angelfish''
|-
| 0 || 5 || 6 || 3 || 50726144 || Pink-Light Blue Spotty || ''Cotton Candy Betta''
|-
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 67108865 || White-Yellow Flopper || ''Threadfin''
|-
| 0 || 5 || 0 || 4 || 67110144 || White-Yellow Spotty || ''Goatfish''
|-
| 1 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 67371009 || Yellow Flopper || ''Yellow Tang''
|-
| 0 || 3 || 9 || 4 || 67699456 || Cyan-Yellow Dasher || ''Yellowtail Parrotfish''
|-
| 1 || 3 || 10 || 4 || 67764993 || Purple-Yellow Blockfish || ''Dottyback''
|-
| 0 || 3 || 9 || 6 || 101253888 || Cyan-Pink Dasher || ''Parrotfish''
|-
| 1 || 2 || 0 || 7 || 117441025 || White-Gray Glitter || ''Moorish Idol''
|-
| 1 || 5 || 0 || 7 || 117441793 || White-Gray Clayfish || ''Butterflyfish''
|-
| 1 || 1 || 1 || 7 || 117506305 || Orange-Gray Stripey || ''Anemone''
|-
| 1 || 0 || 7 || 7 || 117899265 || Gray Flopper || ''Black Tang''
|-
| 0 || 1 || 11 || 7 || 118161664 || Blue-Gray SunStreak || ''Cichlid''
|-
| 1 || 0 || 7 || 11 || 185008129 || Gray-Blue Flopper || ''Blue Tang''
|-
| 1 || 5 || 0 || 14 || 234882305 || White-Red Clayfish || ''Emperor Red Snapper''
|-
| 0 || 2 || 7 || 14 || 235340288 || Gray-Red Snooper || ''Red Lipped Blenny''
|}
The variant number is the sum of the most significant byte × 2<sup>24</sup> + second most significant byte × 2<sup>16</sup> + second least significant byte × 2<sup>8</sup> + least significant byte.<section end="entity data"/>

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|I am a Marine Biologist;It Spreads}}

Achievements that apply to all mobs:
{{collapse|content={{load achievements|Overkill;Over-Overkill;Mob Kabob}}
}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Tactical Fishing;It Spreads}}

Advancements that apply to all mobs:
{{collapse|content={{load advancements|Take Aim;Arbalistic;A Throwaway Joke;Adventure;Over-Overkill;Mob Kabob}}
}}

== History ==
=== Announcement ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine||June 28, 2010|link=wordofnotch:746938105|[[Minecraft:Notch]] mentioned that fish might be a feature of coral, if he were able to add coral: "... I do know that the corals will have tiny fish particles around them."}}
|{{HistoryLine||October 4, 2010|link=wordofnotch:1243370641|Fish were a passive [[Minecraft:mob]] that [[Minecraft:Notch]] showed interest in adding. In the promotional graphic for the [[Minecraft:Halloween Update]], Notch indicated he would add fish. However, they were added only as an [[Minecraft:item]]; there was no code for a fish mob.}}
|{{HistoryLine||October 5, 2012|link={{tweet|Dinnerbone|253954758489038848}}|Fish were jokingly teased in the fake snapshot [[Minecraft:12marc40awesome]], along with [[Minecraft:coral]] and "fish blocks".}}
|{{HistoryLine||April 13, 2013|link={{reddit|s7ri6/i_am_jon_k%C3%A5gstr%C3%B6m_developer_of_minecraft_ask_me|c4bs6d1|context=3}}|When [[Minecraft:Jon Kågström]] was asked in his AMA on {{w|Reddit}}, "What mob would you like to implement into the game?" He responded, "I would like to add birds, fish and tree animals to make it more alive. However this will take some time before it can be done."}}
|{{HistoryLine||July 31, 2013|link={{reddit|xfzdg/i_am_markus_persson_aka_notch_creator_of}}|During [[Minecraft:Notch]]'s AMA on Reddit, when asked about what happened to his plans of adding fish as a [[Minecraft:mob]], he responded, "Oh yeah, the fish!"}}
|{{HistoryLine||November 18, 2017|link={{YouTubeLink|mAapz_nIC_Y}}|[[File:Tropical Fish Preview Green.png|32px]] [[File:Tropical Fish Preview White.png|32px]] Two fish [[Minecraft:mob]]s, presumably early tropical fish, were shown off in a clip presented at [[Minecraft:MineCon#MineCon Earth|MineCon Earth]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||March 1, 2018|link=none|ThorsHand11 states on the official {{MC}} {{w|Discord}} about the addition of "more than a handful" of tropical fish.}}
}}

=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=18w10a|Added tropical fish.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w10b|Tropical fish now make [[Minecraft:sound]]s and no longer use the [[Minecraft:player]] [[Minecraft:damage]] sound.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13.1|dev=18w31a|Fish now have a 5% chance of dropping [[Minecraft:bone meal]] when killed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17|dev=20w51a|Tropical fish are now attacked by [[Minecraft:axolotl]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w13a|Tropical fish spawned from buckets in the creative inventory now spawn as only white kobs.<ref>{{bug|MC-221656}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.1|dev=pre2|Tropical fish spawned from buckets in the creative inventory no longer spawn only as white kobs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18|dev=21w40a|Tropical fish now spawn only between y{{=}}50 and y{{=}}64, with the exception of lush caves in which they can spawn at any height.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18.2|dev=22w07a|By fixing {{bug|MC-244683}}, tropical fish now also require above a full water block to spawn.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19|dev=22w15a|Tropical fish now spawn in mangrove swamps.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.3|dev=?|Black is now a valid base and pattern color for tropical fish.<ref name="Black"/>}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.4.0|dev=beta 1.2.14.2|Added all 4 variants of fish [[Minecraft:mob]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8.0|dev=beta 1.8.0.8|Tropical fish are now slightly bigger.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13.0|dev=beta 1.13.0.9|Tropical fish now drop [[Minecraft:experience]] when killed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.0|dev=beta 1.16.230.52|Tropical fish are now attacked by [[Minecraft:axolotl]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.10|dev=beta 1.17.10.22|Tropical Fish no longer can be picked up with an empty [[Minecraft:bucket]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18.0|dev=beta 1.18.0.21|Tropical fish now spawn only between y{{=}}50 and y{{=}}64, with the exception of lush caves in which they can spawn at any height.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18.0|dev=beta 1.18.0.22|Tropical fish can now spawn in lukewarm ocean biomes.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.10|dev=Preview 1.19.10.23|The health of tropical fish has been changed to {{hp|3}}.}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU69|ps3=1.76|psvita=1.76|ps4=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|Added fish [[Minecraft:mob]]s.}}
}}

=== ''Minecraft Education'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|education}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.4.0|Added all 4 variants of fish [[Minecraft:mob]]s.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list|Tropical fish}}

== Gallery ==
=== Renders ===
<gallery>
File:Anemone.png|Anemone
File:Black Tang.png|Black tang
File:Blue Tang.png|Blue tang {{only|Java}}
File:Blue Dory.png|Blue dory {{only|Bedrock}}
File:Butterflyfish.png|Butterflyfish {{only|Java}}
File:White-Gray Brinely.png|Butterfly fish {{only|Bedrock}}
File:Cichlid.png|Cichlid
File:Clownfish.png|Clownfish
File:Cotton Candy Betta.png|Cotton candy betta
File:Dottyback.png|Dottyback
File:Emperor Red Snapper.png|Emperor red snapper
File:Goatfish.png|Goatfish
File:Moorish Idol.png|Moorish idol
File:Ornate Butterfly.png|Ornate butterflyfish
File:Parrotfish.png|Parrotfish
File:Queen Angelfish.png|Queen angelfish
File:Red Cichlid.png|Red cichlid
File:Red Lipped Blenny.png|Red lipped blenny
File:Red Snapper.png|Red snapper
File:Threadfin.png|Threadfin
File:Tomato Clownfish.png|Tomato clownfish {{only|Java}}
File:Tomato Clown.png|Tomato clown {{only|Bedrock}}
File:Triggerfish.png|Triggerfish
File:Yellowtail Parrot.png|Yellowtail parrotfish
File:Yellow tang fix.png|alt=Yellow tang [Java Edition only]|Yellow tang {{only|Java}}
File:Yellow Tang.png|alt=Yellow tang [Bedrock Edition only]|Yellow tang {{only|Bedrock}}
</gallery>

=== Mojang screenshots ===
<gallery>
Ti-tropicalfish-header.webp|alt=A Minecraft screenshot of a school of fish in a coral reef.|A school of fish in a coral reef.
Ti-tropicalfish-ingame.jpeg|alt=A Minecraft screenshot depicting five tropical fishes swimming through a body of water.|Five tropical fishes swimming through a body of water.
</gallery>

=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
Coral reef at night.png|An ocean with some fish visible.
Ocean life.png|[[Minecraft:Cod]] and tropical fish, along with a [[Minecraft:turtle]] and [[Minecraft:squid]].
TropicalFishSchool.png|A screenshot of tropical fish up close.
Fish on land.png|Some tropical fish jumping on land.
</gallery>

=== Textures ===
<gallery class="pixel-image">
Tropical Fish A (texture).png|Tropical fish A texture file.
Tropical Fish B (texture).png|Tropical fish B texture file.
</gallery>
<gallery class="pixel-image">
Tropical Fish A Pattern 1 (texture).png|Tropical fish A pattern 1
Tropical Fish A Pattern 2 (texture).png|Tropical fish A pattern 2
Tropical Fish A Pattern 3 (texture).png|Tropical fish A pattern 3
Tropical Fish A Pattern 4 (texture).png|Tropical fish A pattern 4
Tropical Fish A Pattern 5 (texture).png|Tropical fish A pattern 5
Tropical Fish A Pattern 6 (texture).png|Tropical fish A pattern 6
Tropical Fish B Pattern 1 (texture).png|Tropical fish B pattern 1
Tropical Fish B Pattern 2 (texture).png|Tropical fish B pattern 2
Tropical Fish B Pattern 3 (texture).png|Tropical fish B pattern 3
Tropical Fish B Pattern 4 (texture).png|Tropical fish B pattern 4
Tropical Fish B Pattern 5 (texture).png|Tropical fish B pattern 5
Tropical Fish B Pattern 6 (texture).png|Tropical fish B pattern 6
</gallery>

=== Other ===
<gallery class="pixel-image">
Tropical Fish Spawn Egg BE1.png|The tropical fish spawn egg in [[Minecraft:Bedrock Edition beta 1.2.14.2]].
Clownfish (unused texture).png|Unused clownfish texture
Clownfish (unused).png|A recreated render of the unused clownfish mob.
</gallery>

=== In other media ===
<gallery>
File:Update Aquatic.jpg|Tropical Fish as shown in the [[Minecraft:Update Aquatic]] artwork.
File:Update Aquatic fish.png|Tropical Fish from [[Minecraft:Update Aquatic]] artwork.
File:Caves & Cliffs cover art.png|Tropical Fish in promotional artwork for the first [[Minecraft:Caves & Cliffs]] update.
File:Wild key art.png|Tropical fish in official artwork for [[Minecraft:The Wild Update]].
File:Fish1.gif|Ornate butterflyfish art.
File:Fish2.gif|Clownfish art.
File:Fish3.gif|Yellowtail parrotfish art.
File:Fish4.gif|Yellow tang art.
File:Fish5.gif|Teal-lime kob art.
File:Fish Swimming Sticker.gif
File:Fish Swimming Sticker 2.gif
File:Steve Swimming Art.jpg|Artwork of a clownfish entity, predating the Update Aquatic.
File:Dye Mine Explore hoodie.jpg|A hoodie featuring tropical fish.
</gallery>

== See also ==
*{{EntityLink|Cod}}
*{{EntityLink|Salmon}}
*{{EntityLink|Pufferfish}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{mcnet|tropical-fish|Taking Inventory: Tropical fish|June 27, 2025|Duncan Geere}}

== Navigation ==
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[[Minecraft:cs:Tropické ryby]]
[[Minecraft:de:Tropenfisch]]
[[Minecraft:es:Pez tropical]]
[[Minecraft:fr:Poisson tropical]]
[[Minecraft:it:Pesce tropicale]]
[[Minecraft:hu:Hal]]
[[Minecraft:ja:熱帯魚]]
[[Minecraft:ko:열대어]]
[[Minecraft:nl:Vis (wezen)]]
[[Minecraft:pl:Ryba (mob)]]
[[Minecraft:pt:Peixe tropical]]
[[Minecraft:ru:Тропическая рыба]]
[[Minecraft:th:ปลาเขตร้อน]]
[[Minecraft:uk:Тропічна риба]]
[[Minecraft:zh:热带鱼]]

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