found: 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.)
found: Web. 3(platy pl platy or platys or platies member of genus (Platypoecilus) ... usu. regarded as varieties of a single species (P. maculatus))
found: Random House(platy pl. (esp. collectively) platy, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) platys, platies, platyfish)
found: 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)
found: 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)
