Xiphophorus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Family
- Poeciliidae
- Genus
- Xiphophorus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Xiphophorus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Xiphophorus
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 three groups based on their evolutionary relationships: platyfish (or platies), northern swordtails, and southern swordtails. Platyfish formerly were classified in another genus, Platypoecilus, which is now obsolete. The type species is X. hellerii, the green swordtail. Like most other new world Poeciliids, platies and swordtails are live-bearers that use internal fertilization and give birth to live young instead of laying eggs like the bulk of the world's fishes. All are relatively small fishes, which reach a maximum length of 3.5–16 cm (1.4–6.3 in) depending on the exact species involved.
...Xiphophorus in languages:
- Chinese
- 劍尾魚屬
- Czech
- mečovka
- English
- Swordtails
- Ukrainian
- Мечоносець
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Xiphophorus alvarezi
- Xiphophorus andersi
- Xiphophorus birchmanni
- Xiphophorus clemenciae
- Xiphophorus continens
- Xiphophorus cortezi
- Xiphophorus couchianus
- Xiphophorus evelynae
- Xiphophorus gordoni
- Xiphophorus hellerii
- Xiphophorus kallmani
- Xiphophorus maculatus
- Xiphophorus malinche
- Xiphophorus mayae
- Xiphophorus meyeri
- Xiphophorus milleri
- Xiphophorus mixei
- Xiphophorus montezumae
- Xiphophorus monticolus
- Xiphophorus multilineatus
- Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl
- Xiphophorus nigrensis
- Xiphophorus pygmaeus
- Xiphophorus signum
- Xiphophorus variatus
- Xiphophorus xiphidium






























































































































