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southern swordtails.
Platyfish formerly were
classified in
another genus,
Platypoecilus,
which is now obsolete. The type
species is X. ****erii, the
green swordtail...
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spilurus Günther, 1866
Platypoecilus mentalis Gill, 1877
Poecilia boucardii Steindachner, 1878
Platypoecilus nelsoni M****, 1904
Platypoecilus tropicus M****, 1907...
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platy (pl.
platys or platies), from the fish's
original generic name,
Platypoecilus. This
species has been
recorded from
Orange County, California, near...
- Family:
Poeciliidae Genus:
Xiphophorus Species: X. variatus
Binomial name
Xiphophorus variatus (M****, 1904)
Synonyms Platypoecilus variatus M****, 1904...
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Xiphophorus couchi**** (Girard, 1859)
Synonyms Limia couchiana Girard, 1859
Platypoecilus couchi**** (Girard, 1859)
Poecilia couchii Günther, 1866...
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Actinopterygii Order:
Cyprinodontiformes Family:
Goodeidae Subfamily:
Goodeinae Genus:
Zoogoneticus M****, 1902 Type
species Platypoecilus quitzeoensis Bean, 1898...
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Poeciliidae Genus:
Xiphophorus Species: X. xiphidium
Binomial name
Xiphophorus xiphidium (Gordon, 1932)
Synonyms Platypoecilus xiphidium Gordon, 1932...
- colorful.
Females give
birth to live young. L.
perugiae was
described as
Platypoecilus perugiae in 1906 by
Barton Warren Evermann and
Howard Walton Clark with...
