Xiphophorus alvarezi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Cyprinodontoidei

Familia: Poeciliidae
Subfamilia: Poeciliinae
Tribus: Poeciliini
Genus: Xiphophorus
Species: Xiphophorus alvarezi

Name

Xiphophorus alvarezi Rosen, 1960

• Holotype: UMMZ 177304. Paratypes: UMMZ 177305 (1, allotype). Other material: BMNH 1950.12.12.1-2 (2), UMMZ 160727 (2), J. Alvares coll. (16)
• Type locality: Río Santo Domingo, a tributary of Río Jatate, Río Usumacinta system, Chiapas, Mexico

Synonyms

• Xiphophorus helleri alvarezi Rosen, 1960

References

• Rosen, D.E. 1960: Middle-American poeciliid fishes of the genus Xiphophorus. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 5(4): 57–242. Full article Reference page. 

Links

• Xiphophorus helleri alvarezi in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on April 5, 2015.
• Xiphophorus alvarezi – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Xiphophorus alvarezi in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Chiapas Swordtail

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