Tropical fish Emoji

Animals

A vibrant, side-profile illustration of a tropical fish, typically depicted with a bright orange body, distinct vertical stripes, and flowing fins. It mimics the appearance of popular aquarium species found in coral reefs.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to discuss marine life, scuba diving, summer vacations, or trips to the aquarium. It is a go-to choice for social media posts about beach trips or keeping pet fish, often paired with the 🐟 or 🌊 emojis to set a nautical scene.

History

Added in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the tropical fish was one of the early additions to the animal category as platforms moved toward more colorful, expressive icon sets. Its design was heavily inspired by the global popularity of clownfish in animation and home aquariums during the early 2000s.

Details

Glyph

🐠

Unicode

U+1F420

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f420:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC20;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-marine

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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