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Xiphophorus is a genus of euryhaline and freshwater fishes in the family Poeciliidae of order Cyprinodontiformes, native to Mexico and northern Central America. Xiphophorus species can be divided into 3 groups based on their evolutionary relationships: platyfish (or platies), northern swordtails, and southern swordtails.
Xiphophorus mayae is a fish in the family Poeciliidae. [1] It is found in Central America: eastern Guatemala and western Honduras. [2] This species has red lines on its body which extend on to the upper portion of the caudal fin, males have the lower part of the caudal fin extended into a "sword".
Xiphophorus montezumae, the Montezuma swordtail, is a livebearing freshwater fish of the order Cyprinodontiformes, family Poeciliidae, and genus Xiphophorus. [2] It is in the same genus as the common platy and the swordtail. Xiphophorus means 'sword-bearer' in Greek.
Xiphophorus milleri, the Catemaco platyfish, is a poeciliid fish endemic to Mexico's Lake Catemaco and its tributaries. As it has traits of both swordtails and platies , its discovery confirmed that these two groups should be consolidated into a single genus , Xiphophorus .
Xiphophorus cortezi, the delicate swordtail, is a species of poeciliid fish from Mexico. [2] Named after the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, Xiphophorus cortezi was originally described in 1960 by Donn Eric Rosen as a subspecies of X. montezumae. It was well known in literature prior to the formal scientific description.
Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl, the mountain swordtail, is a live bearing fish in the family Poeciliidae. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is endemic to the northwestern Pánuco River basin in Mexico. [ 4 ] The specific name of this fish refers to the poet, philosopher and emperor of Texcoco , Nezahualcoyotl (1402-1472).
Xiphophorus nigrensis, the Panuco swordtail, is a species of fish in the family Poeciliidae [2] that is endemic to a small part of the Pánuco River basin in Mexico. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Taxonomy
The southern platyfish, common platy, or moonfish (Xiphophorus maculatus) is a species of freshwater fish in family Poeciliidae of order Cyprinodontiformes.A live-bearer, it is closely related to the green swordtail (X. hellerii) and can interbreed with it.