Xiphophorus gordoni

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 gordoni

Name

Xiphophorus gordoni Miller & Minckley, 1963

• Holotype: UMMZ 179866. Paratypes: UMMZ 179867 (1, allotype), 179868 (193).
• Type locality: Laguna Santa Tecla, about 10 miles south-southeast of El Candido, Cuarto Ciénegas, Coahuila, Mexico.

Synonyms

• Xiphophorus couchianus gordoni Miller & Minckley, 1963

References

• Miller, R.R. & Minckley, W.L. 1963: Xiphophorus gordoni, a new species of platyfish from Coahuila, México. Copeia, No. 3: 538–546. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Xiphophorus gordoni in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on April 16, 2015.
• Xiphophorus gordoni – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Xiphophorus gordoni in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• IUCN: Xiphophorus gordoni Miller & Minckley, 1963 (Endangered)