Xiphophorus mayae
| Xiphophorus mayae | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Xiphophorus |
| Species: | X. mayae
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| Binomial name | |
| Xiphophorus mayae M. K. Meyer&Schartl,2002
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Xiphophorus mayaeis a fish in the familyPoeciliidae.[1]It is found in Central America: easternGuatemalaand westernHonduras.[2]This species has red lines on its body which extend on to the upper portion of thecaudal fin,males have the lower part of the caudal fin extended into a "sword".[3]
References
[edit]- ^"Xiphophorus mayae".Retrieved12 Sep2012.
- ^Kang, J.H.; M. Schartl; R.B. Walter; A. Meyer (2013)."Comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of all species of swordtails and platies (Pisces: Genus Xiphophorus) uncovers a hybrid origin of a swordtail fish, Xiphophorus monticolus, and demonstrates that the sexually selected sword originated in the ancestral lineage of the genus, but was lost again secondarily".BMC Evolutionary Biology.13(25): 25.Bibcode:2013BMCEE..13...25K.doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-25.PMC3585855.PMID23360326.
- ^Froese, Rainer;Pauly, Daniel (eds.)."Xiphophorus mayae".FishBase.August 2019 version.
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