Xiphophorus mayae

Xiphophorus mayae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Poeciliidae
Genus:	Xiphophorus
Species:	X. mayae
Binomial name
	Xiphophorus mayae; & , 2002

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.

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[1] "Xiphophorus mayae". Retrieved 12 Sep 2012.

[Kang2013-2] 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.

[Fishbase-3] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Xiphophorus mayae" in FishBase. August 2019 version.

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