Xiphophorus continens
Xiphophorus continens | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Poeciliidae |
Genus: | Xiphophorus |
Species: | X. continens
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Binomial name | |
Xiphophorus continens , & , 1990
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Xiphophorus continens, also known as El Quince swordtail or short-sword platyfish, is a live-bearing freshwater fish in the family Poeciliidae.[2] It is endemic to the Pánuco River basin in east-central Mexico.[3] Its name comes from the Greek conto, meaning short, and Latin ensis, meanin "sword". due to the species' sword size in males.[2]
Description[]
X. continens reaches up to 3.5 cm (1.4 in) in total length.[3] It is a small, slender species, with a slender caudal peduncle and with a midlateral stripe. The maximum length of the sword is 1 mm (0.04 in). It has a hook on its gonopodium; distal serrae; its grave spot, when present, is only visible under 10X magnification; no xanthophore or pterinophore pigment patterns.[2]
Distribution[]
Headwaters of the Rio Ojo Frio, north of Damian Carmona, Pánuco River drainage, San Luis Potosí.
References[]
- ^ Mercado Silva, N. (2019). "Xiphophorus continens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T191777A2002890. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191777A2002890.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Rauchenberger, Mary, Klaus D. Kallman, and Donald C. Morizot. "Monophyly and geography of the Río Pánuco Basin swordtails (genus Xiphophorus) with descriptions of four new species". American Museum Novitates; no. 2975. (1990).
- ^ a b "Xiphophorus continens". FishBase. Retrieved 31 Mar 2013.
Further reading[]
- Reproductive behaviour: McLennan, Deborah A.; Ryan, Michael J. (2008). "Female swordtails, Xiphophorus continens, prefer the scent of heterospecific males". Animal Behaviour. 75 (5): 1731–1737. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.10.030. ISSN 0003-3472.; pdf: http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/ryan/Publications/2008/2008AnimBeh75%201731.pdf
External links[]
- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Xiphophorus
- Taxa named by Mary Rauchenberger
- Taxa named by Klaus D. Kallman
- Taxa named by Donald Charles Morizot
- Fish described in 1990
- Cyprinodontiformes stubs