Aquarium Trade
The variable platyfish is bred commercially for the aquarium hobby. They are very easy to breed by the home aquarist, and are a good addition to the community aquarium. The species has also been used in genetic research.
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“The Aquarium is gone. Everywhere,
giant finned cars nose forward like fish;
a savage servility
slides by on grease.”
—Robert Lowell (1917–1977)
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Looking out over the whole darn countryside, a beacon of satisfaction
I am. I’ll not trade places with a king. Here I am then, continuing but ever beginning
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