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Plural of: Small stocky Mexican fish that is a popular aquarium fish

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  • So was Sushi, the larger of the two platys, whose lifeless body lay across Frank's.
  • The fish were bright with all the colors of the rainbow, from minnows shorter than his little finger, to angelfish, platys, and groupers as big as his leg.
  • The gauzily finned fish had inhabited new quarters for approximately three weeks before his demise, a three-gallon aquarium he shared with Sushi and Sashimi, two small Sunset...
  • Other cages held juvenile roos and platys, possums and tiger cats, dingoes and koalas, along with equally disconsolate representatives of outlying tribes such as small...
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