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Xiphophorus continens Rauchenberger, Kallman & Morizot, 1990

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Rauchenberger, M.; Kallman, K.D.; Morizot, D.C. (1990). Monophyly and geography of the Río Pánuco Basin swordtails (Genus Xiphophorus) with descriptions of four new species. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 2975: 1-41.

Classification

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

Name

Homonyms
Xiphophorus continens Rauchenberger, Kallman & Morizot, 1990
Common names
Short-sword Platyfish in English
Short-sword Platyfish in English
Shortsword Platyfish in English
Zwergschwertträger in German
espada de Quince in Spanish
espada de Quince in Spanish
espada del Quince in Spanish
espada del Quince in Spanish
mečovka drobná in Czech
short-sword platyfish in English
Short-sword Platyfish in English
Short-sword Platyfish in English
espada del Quince 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. 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.
  4. Rauchenberger, M.; Kallman, K.D.; Morizot, D.C. (1990). Monophyly and geography of the Río Pánuco Basin swordtails (Genus Xiphophorus) with descriptions of four new species. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 2975: 1-41.
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