Xiphophorus hellerii

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 hellerii

Name

Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848

Syntypes: NMW 60543 (8).
Type locality: Orizaba, Mexico [Atlantic].

Synonyms

Xiphophorus guntheri Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Xiphophorus guentheri Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Xiphophorus hellerii guentheri Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Xiphophorus jalapae Meek, 1902
Xiphophorus brevis Regan, 1907
Xiphophorus strigatus Regan, 1907
Xiphophorus rachovii Regan, 1911

References

Heckel, J.J., 1848: Eine neue Gattung von Poecilien mit rochenartigem Anklammerungs-Organe. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschafte, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 1(1-5): 289–303, Pls. 8–9. Reference page.

Links

Xiphophorus hellerii in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on March 30, 2015.
Xiphophorus hellerii – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Xiphophorus hellerii in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Swordtail fish, Green swordtail
svenska: Svärdbärare, grön svärdbärare
ไทย: ปลาสอดหางดาบเขียว, ปลาสอดแดง
Türkçe: Kılıçkuyruk
中文: 紅劍魚