Xiphophorus continens

Xiphophorus continens

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 continens

Name

Xiphophorus continens Rauchenberger, Kallman & Morizot, 1990

• Holotype: AMNH 88335. Paratypes: AMNH 75942 (24). Additional material: AMNH (25 lots, 608).
• Type locality: Río Ojo Frío at El Quince, north of Rascón, Río Gallinas - Río Pánuco drainage, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

References

Primary references

• Rauchenberger, M., Kallman, K.D & Morizot, D.C. 1990: Monophyly and geography of the Río Pánuco Basin swordtails (Genus Xiphophorus) with descriptions of four new species. American Museum novitates 2975: 1-41. Reference page. 

Links

• Xiphophorus continens in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on October 7, 2014.
• Xiphophorus continens – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Xiphophorus continens in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.