Xiphophorus mayae
Xiphophorus mayae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Poeciliidae |
Genus: | Xiphophorus |
Species: | X. mayae
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Binomial name | |
Xiphophorus mayae & , 2002
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Xiphophorus mayae is a fish in the family Poeciliidae.[1] It is found in Central America: eastern Guatemala and western Honduras.[2] This species has red lines on its body which extend on to the upper portion of the caudal fin, males have the lower part of the caudal fin extended into a "sword".[3]
References[]
- ^ "Xiphophorus mayae". Retrieved 12 Sep 2012.
- ^ 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). doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-25. PMC 3585855.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Xiphophorus mayae" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
Categories:
- Xiphophorus
- Fish described in 2002
- Cyprinodontiformes stubs