Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Platy (Xiphoporus maculatus) is a popular freshwater aquarium fish species. It is a member of the Poecilidae family and is therefore live-bearing. It is closely related to the swordtail. Platys are easy to keep and well suited to a community aquarium. The species originally comes from South America. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.