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a fish so prolific it treats your aquarium like a maternity ward with no closing hours
means A small, hardy, brightly colored freshwater fish (genus Xiphophorus) popular in home aquariums, known for breeding readily in captivity.
from Short for "platyfish," from the genus name Platypoecilus, an old scientific label combining Greek "platys" (flat, broad) with "poikilos" (varied, dappled) — literally a broad, many-colored fish. The genus has since been folded into Xiphophorus, but "platy" stuck around in the hobbyist's vocabulary. That same Greek "platys" is the broad foot behind the platypus and the flatness in plateau and platform.
- birth style
- livebearer, skips eggs entirely
- baby boom
- can deliver fry every 28 days
- hybrid happy
- freely crossbreeds with swordtails
- name root
- from Greek platys, meaning flat or broad
- appetite
- sometimes eats its own newborn young
platypus — monotreme mammal from australia that lays eggs and produces venom
platy fish — freshwater aquarium fish from mexico, live-bearing, colorful varieties