Xiphophorus hellerii: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Family
- Poeciliidae
- Genus
- Xiphophorus
- Species
- Xiphophorus hellerii
- Scientific Name
- Xiphophorus hellerii
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Green swordtail
The green swordtail (Xiphophorus hellerii) is a species of freshwater/brackish fish in family Poeciliidae of order Cyprinodontiformes. A live-bearer, it is closely related to the southern platyfish or 'platy' (X. maculatus) and can crossbreed with it. It is native to an area of North and Central America stretching from Veracruz, Mexico, to northwestern Honduras.
...Xiphophorus hellerii in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Swaarddraer
- Afrikaans
- Swaardstert
- Arabic
- سمكة الذيل السيفي
- Chinese
- 劍尾魚
- Czech
- mečovka zelená
- Danish
- Sværddrager
- English
- Swordtail
- English
- Green Swordtail
- French
- Porte-épée
- French
- Xipho
- Hungarian
- mexikói kardfarkú hal
- Indonesian
- Ekor Pedang
- Japanese
- グリーンソードテール
- Russian
- Зелёный меченосец
- Thai
- ปลาสอดหางดาบ
- Ukrainian
- Мечоносець зелений
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Parent Taxon
Sibling 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


























































































































































