Etymology: Xiphophorus: Greek, xiphos = sword + Greek, pherein = to carry couchianus after Lieutenant D.N. Couch. First description: Girard C. 1859 Ichthyological notices, 41 – 59. Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia. No.11: 113 –...
Etymology: Xiphophorus: Greek, xiphos = sword + Greek, pherein = to carry Xiphidium: Greek, xiph from xiphos = sword. Latin, idium = diminutive First description: Dr. Myron Gordon going on expedition. Aquatic Life 15: 287–288. (1932) Synonyms: Platypoecilus xiphidium...
Etymology: Xiphophorus: Greek, xiphos = sword + Greek, pherein = to carry evelynae: named after Mrs. Evelyn Gordon. First description: Donn E. Rosen 1960. Middle American poeciliid fishes of the genus Xiphophorus. Bull. Fla. St. Mus....
Xiphophorus evelynae Xiphophorus variatus Xiphophorus xiphidium Xiphophorus couchianus Xiphophorus gordoni Xiphophorus meyeri
Etymology: Xiphophorus: Greek, xiphos = sword + Greek, pherein = to carry Continens: Greek, conto = short + Latin, ensis, = sword (Reference to the very small sword developed in males of this species.) First...
Etymology: Xiphophorus: Greek, xiphos = sword + Greek, pherein = to carry multilineatus: Greek: multi-, many; -lineatus, line; in reference to the prominent vertical bars on the flanks. First description: Rauchenberger, Kallman & Morizot 1990...
Etymology: Xiphophorus: Greek, xiphos meaning ‘sword’; Greek, pherein meaning ‘to carry’ Nigrensis: Latin, nigri meaning ‘black’; Latin, ensis meaning ‘to come from’. First description: Donn E. Rosen 1960. Middle-American poeciliid fishes of the genus Xiphophorus. Bull. Fla. St. Mus....
Etymology: Xiphophorus: Greek, xiphos = sword + Greek, pherein = to carry pygmaeus: due to it diminutive size First description: C.L. Hubbs and M Gordon (1943) ‘Studies of cyprindonont fishes. 19. Xiphophorus pygmaeus, new species...
The northern swordtails live in and around the Panuco river basin and are separated from the southern swordtails by a geographical dividing line known as the Trans-Mexican volcanic belt. The northern swordtail group is...
Etymology: Xiphophorus: Greek, xiphos = sword + Greek, pherein = to carry Nezahualcoyotl: Named after the poet-philosopher emperor of Tezcoco (Texcoco), considered to be coequal with Montezuma, monarch of the Aztecs in the Aztec Triple...
