This Minecraft tutorial explains the NBT tags (formerly called data tags) that you can use for tropical fish in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.20.

TIP: If you are not running Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.16/1.17/1.18/1.19/1.20, find NBT tags for tropical fish in another version of Minecraft:

  • Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13/1.14/1.15

Background

In Minecraft Java Edition 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.20, the entity value for tropical fish is tropical_fish. Thetropical_fish entity has a unique set of data tags that can be used in Minecraft commands such as: /summon and /data.

What are NBT tags (formerly called Data Tags)?

NBT tags allow you to set certain properties of an entity (such as tropical_fish). The NBT tag is always surrounded in {} such as {Variant:117899265}. If there is more than one NBT tag used in a game command, the NBT tags are separated by a comma such as {Variant:65536, CustomName:”\”Nemo\””}.

List of NBT Tags

Here is a list of the NBT tags that you can use for tropical_fish in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.20:

NBT Tag Value (Description)
Variant 65536 (Orange-White Kob)
917504 (Red-White Kob)
918273 (Red-White Blockfish)
918529 (Red-White Betty)
16778497 (Orange-LightGray Clayfish)
50660352 (LightBlue-Lime Brinely)
50726144 (LightBlue-Pink Spotty)
50790656 (LightBlue-Gray SunStreak)
67108865 (Yellow-LightGray Flopper)
67110144 (Yellow-LightGray Spotty)
67371265 (Yellow Stripey)
67764993 (Purple-Yellow Blockfish)
101253888 (Cyan-Pink Dasher)
117441025 (Gray-LightGray Glitter)
117441280 (Gray-LightGray Dasher)
117441536 (Gray-LightGray Brinely)
117506305 (Orange-Gray Stripey)
117899265 (Gray Flopper)
118161664 (Blue-Gray SunStreak)
134217984 (LightGray-Gray SunStreak)
234882305 (Red-LightGray Clayfish)
235340288 (Red-Gray Snooper)

Example
{Variant:65536}
FromBucket  

0 (The tropical fish came from a bucket)
1 (The tropical fish did not come from a bucket)

Example
{FromBucket:0}
CustomName  

name (The name to assign to the tropical fish)

Example
{CustomName:”\”Nemo\””}
Health  

number (The number of health points the tropical fish has)

Example
{Health:12.0f}
AbsorptionAmount  

number (The number of absorption health points the tropical fish has)

Example
{AbsorptionAmount:2.0f}
Invulnerable  

0 (The tropical fish will take damage like normal)
1 (The tropical fish will not take any damage from attacks or physical surroundings)

Example
{Invulnerable:1}
PersistenceRequired  

0 (The tropical fish will despawn naturally)
1 (The tropical fish won’t despawn)

Example
{PersistenceRequired:1}
Fire  

ticks (The number of game ticks until the tropical fish is no longer on fire – there are 20 ticks in a second)

Example
{Fire:60}
PortalCooldown  

ticks (The number of game ticks until the tropical fish can go through a portal again – there are 20 ticks in a second)

Example
{PortalCooldown:120}
id  

tropical_fish (The entity value used to represent a tropical fish in the EntityTag or Passengers tag)

Example
{id:tropical_fish}
Passengers  

The mob that is riding on the tropical fish. Use the entity value for the passenger mob

Example of skeleton as passenger
Passengers:[{id:skeleton}]

NBT Tag Examples

To summon a tropical fish that is named Nemo:

/summon tropical_fish ~ ~ ~ {CustomName:"\"Nemo\""}

To summon a tropical fish that is an Orange/White Kob:

/summon tropical_fish ~ ~ ~ {Variant:65536}

Target Selectors

Before we finish discussing data tags, let’s quickly explore how to use the @e target selector. The @e target selector allows you to target entities in your commands. If you use the type=tropical_fish value, you can target tropical fish:

@e[type=tropical_fish]

Target Selector Examples

To change the nearest tropical fish to a White/Orange Clayfish:

/data merge entity @e[type=tropical_fish,limit=1,sort=nearest] {Variant:16778497}

To kill all tropical fish:

/kill @e[type=tropical_fish]

Next, learn how to use the game commands in Minecraft.

Command Examples

Here are some game command examples for a tropical fish in Minecraft:

How to Summon a Tropical Fish

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