Purple Swordfish in dreams
A fast, weaponised pelagic fish — a single sharp instrument moving through open water.
How purple changes the reading
Purple colour places the symbol between hot and cool — a reading that has both calm and intensity at once. The dream often uses purple for symbols that do not fit the usual categories cleanly. Take the reading more seriously than you would otherwise; the colour is asking you to.
The base reading of Swordfish
A swordfish in a dream is the dream's image of a mind or a person built around one sharp tool. Swordfish are fast and lethal in a narrow way — the bill is for stunning prey, not for fighting other predators. The dream brings the fish when you are dealing with a force in your life that has one particular capability and is using it. A swordfish moving through clear water is the dream telling you the talent is doing its work cleanly. A swordfish hooked and thrashing is the dream noting that the same talent, when caught, becomes dangerous to anyone too close.