Northern platyfish
| Northern platyfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Xiphophorus |
| Species: | X. gordoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Xiphophorus gordoni R. R. Miller & W. L. Minckley, 1963
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The northern platyfish (Xiphophorus gordoni) is a species of fish in the family Poeciliidae.[2] It is endemic to Mexico. It was named in honor of Myron Gordon by Robert Rush Miller and W. L. Minckley who discovered it with Carl Hubbs on a 1961 expedition.
Its natural habitat is a single body of water,[3] a hot spring heated by volcanic activity, the Laguna Santa Tecla, near the city of Cuatro Ciénegas in the Mexican state of Coahuila. Its native water is "shallow, sulphur smelling", and vegetation-choked, with water temperatures ranging from mid 80s to high 90s Fahrenheit, conditions hard to replicate in captivity. Due to canal construction at the spring, it is not known if a viable wild population survives, or if the fish has used the canals to extend its range.
The fish is named in honor of Myron Gordon (1899-1959), a biologist and geneticist who became an expert on Xiphophorus while using them for cancer research.[4]
References[]
- ^ Matamoros, W.A.; Hendrickson, D.; Vega-Cendejas, M. (2019). "Xiphophorus gordoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T23157A2784873. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T23157A2784873.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Xiphophorus gordoni" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ "Xiphophorus gordoni, a New Species of Platyfish from Coahuila, Mexico" (PDF). Desert Fishes.org. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
External links[]
- Some Like it Hot:The Cuatrocienegas Platy, Ted Dengler Coletti, PhD, Pgs 36 and 37, Tropical Fish Hobbyist, May 2009
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- IUCN Red List endangered species
- Xiphophorus
- Freshwater fish of Mexico
- Endemic fauna of Mexico
- Taxa named by Robert Rush Miller
- Taxa named by Wendell L. Minckley
- Fish described in 1963
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