Xiphophorus pygmaeus

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

Xiphophorus pygmaeus Hubbs & Gordon, 1943

Holotype: UMMZ 124365. Paratypes: UMMZ 108601 (1), 124366 (orig. 173, now 168, 5 c&s); USNM 214158 (29); ZMA [ex UMMZ] 109800 (5). Additional material: UMMZ 196924 [? ex UMMZ 12430] (1)
Type locality: Río Axtla of Río Panuco system, at Axtla, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

Hubbs, C.L. & Gordon, M. 1943: Studies of cyprinodont fishes. XIX. Xiphophorus pygmaeus, new species from Mexico. Copeia 1: 31–33, Pl. 1. Reference page.

Xiphophorus pygmaeus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on April 24, 2015.
Xiphophorus pygmaeus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Xiphophorus pygmaeus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.