Xiphophorus mayae

Xiphophorus mayae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Genus: Xiphophorus
Species:
X. mayae
Binomial name
Xiphophorus mayae

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

  1. ^ "Xiphophorus mayae". Retrieved 12 Sep 2012.
  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): 25. Bibcode:2013BMCEE..13...25K. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-25. PMC 3585855. PMID 23360326.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Xiphophorus mayae". FishBase. August 2019 version.


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