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Popular aquarium fish very quietly swallowed by a cat (5)

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I believe the answer is:

guppy

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'popular aquarium fish' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'very quietly swallowed by a cat' is the wordplay.
'very quietly' becomes 'pp' (musical abbreviation for pianissimo).
'swallowed by' indicates putting letters inside.
'a cat' becomes 'guy' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pp' put within 'guy' is 'GUPPY'.

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(Other definitions for guppy that I've seen before include "Small bright WI fish" , "Freshwater fish" , "Aquarium fish" , "Tropical fish" , "Small fish of northern South America and the Caribbean" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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