Platies
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Name (Latin)
Platies
Other forms of name
Platyfishes
nne Platypoecilus
Platys
See Also From tracing topical name
Xiphophorus
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q4120285
Library of congress:
sh 85103357
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 91-198626: Axelrod, H.R. Swordtails and platies, c1991:p. 9 (The previously independent genus Platypoecilus Günther, 1866, was made up of swordless fishes ... Fishes of the former genus Platypoecilus commonly continue to be called platies.)
- Web. 3(platy pl platy or platys or platies member of genus (Platypoecilus) ... usu. regarded as varieties of a single species (P. maculatus))
- Random House(platy pl. (esp. collectively) platy, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) platys, platies, platyfish)
- Comp. aquarium encyc. of tropical freshwater fish:p. 310 (The genus Xiphophorus which now includes the popular Swordtail and Platy species ... At first, after the two genera were combined, Platypoecilus was retained as the name of a sub-genus)
- Sterba aquarium encyc.(Platy (Xiphophorus maculatus) see Xiphophorus (Xiphophorus Heckel ... 2. Maculatus group X. couchianus, X. maculatus, X. variatus, X. xiphidium and sub-species ... Platy-type)
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Gold Twin Bar Platy
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Wikipedia description:
Platy is a common name of freshwater fish in the genus Xiphophorus that lack a "sword" at the bottom of their tails. This species is a livebearer, similar to other fish of the family Poeciliidae, such as the guppy and molly. Platies are native to the east coast of Central America and southern Mexico. The two species, the southern platyfish and the variatus platy, have been interbred to the point where they are difficult to distinguish. Most platies now sold in aquariums are hybrids of both species.
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