Home › Words › G › goldfishgoldfish/ˈɡoʊldfɪʃ/goldfish means A type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, goldfish ranks #7,132 of 42,762 for Qualifying.goldfish is pronounced /ˈɡoʊldfɪʃ/.EtymologyFrom gold + fish.nounA type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored.e.g.“For the children's fair we'll have a few games they can play, so that each child "wins" a goldfish as a prize.”A person with an unreliable memory.A small orange saltine-like cracker shaped in the form of a fish.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).