platyfish

English

Etymology

platy +‎ fish

Noun

platyfish (plural platyfishes or platyfish)

1. Certain fish of the genus Xiphophorus lacking a sword-like extension of the lower tailfin.

Hyponyms

• platy (Xiphophorus maculatus)
• variatus platy (Xiphophorus variatus)
• Monterrey platy (Xiphophorus couchianus)
• northern platy (Xiphophorus gordoni)

Coordinate terms

• (certain fish in Xiphophorus): swordtail

References

• Xiphophorus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia