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Xiphophorus andersi Meyer & Schartl, 1980

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Meyer, M. K.; Schartl, M. (1980). Eine neue Xiphophorus-Art aus Vera Cruz, Mexiko (Pisces: Poeciliidae). <em>Senckenbergiana Biologica.</em> 60 (3/4) (for 1979): 147-151. [English summary.].

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Cyprinodontiformes
family
Poeciliidae
genus
Xiphophorus
species
Xiphophorus andersi

Name

Homonyms
Xiphophorus andersi Meyer & Schartl, 1980
Common names
Gelber Schwertschwanzplaty in German
Spiketail Platyfish in English
Spiketail Platyfish in English
espada del Atoyac in Spanish
espada del Atoyac in Spanish
espada del Atoyac in Spanish
plata Andersova in Czech
spiketail platyfish in English
Spiketail Platyfish in English
Spiketail Platyfish in English
espada del Atoyac in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  3. Meyer, M. K.; Schartl, M. (1980). Eine neue Xiphophorus-Art aus Vera Cruz, Mexiko (Pisces: Poeciliidae). <em>Senckenbergiana Biologica.</em> 60 (3/4) (for 1979): 147-151. [English summary.].
  4. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
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