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Contents
Fish
Platy
Maculatus
Variatus
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Platies
(Genus Xiphophorus)
Goliad Farms,
LP,
raises a large variety of healthy, well-conditioned
platies in our indoor, climate-controlled facilities. The platies
include those species that used to be in the genus Platypoecilus, but are
now included in the genus Xiphophorus (click
here for more information about the genus and platies). Despite the
reclassification of platies into Xiphophorus, the abbreviation
"platy" stuck as the group's name. The genus Xiphophorus also includes the
swordtails. Platies are related to the mollies, guppies, Limias
and other Poeciliidae.
Below is a table listing the platies Goliad Farms
produces or grows out. Click on the name of a species/variety for specific
information about that particular species/variety. We have chosen to use common
names in the contents bar since these are the names that most tropical fish
hobbyists are familiar with, but, we have included the scientific name in
parentheses after the common name. We have chosen to use the common names used
by "Dr. Axelrod's ATLAS of Freshwater Aquarium Fishes" since it is
as close to being ubiquitous as any other aquarium hobby book. In
reference to scientific names, as with all hobbyists, we struggle to
keep up with the seemingly constant reclassification of tropical fish. So,
bear with us on scientific names. We attempt to use consensus names, but
we can't always keep up with the changes.
All scientific names (genus
and species) are in italic
fonts. Common names are in a non-italic font. If the scientific
name is omitted, then we are not sure of the scientific
identification of the fish.
Page last modified December 24, 2007.
Copyright © 2007, Goliad, Farms, LP
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