In unison, they described the rainbow fish learning to find happiness and self-expression by sharing its shiny and multi-colored scales.

In one fishwife’s basket there was a score or more of lovely striped rainbow fish that I was pining for; she was charging a lot.

Amid sodden clothes, unwashed hands and bestial faces, a trayful of rainbow fishes gleamed opalwise—coral, parrot and angelfish, all awaiting some unsavory purchaser.