Marbled swordtail

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Marbled swordtail

Extinct in the Wild  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Genus: Xiphophorus
Species:
X. meyeri
Binomial name
Xiphophorus meyeri
Synonyms[2][3]

Xiphophorus marmoratus Obregón-Barboza & Contreras-Balderas, 1988

The marbled swordtail (Xiphophorus meyeri) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Poeciliidae. It was endemic to the Rio Salado system (itself a part of the Rio Grande basin) in Coahuila, northeastern Mexico.[4][5] It was restricted to springs, connected creeks and pools in waters with a pH slightly above neutral and temperatures of 16–26 °C (61–79 °F), with captive studies indicating that the optimum temperature is around 24 °C (75 °F).[1][5][6]

The marbled swordtail is considered

ichthyologist Manfred K. Meyer.[11]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T23158A2784905.en
    . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Schartl, Manfred; Schröder, Johannes Horst (1987). "A new species of the genus Xiphophorus Heckel 1848, endemic to northern Coahuila, Mexico (Pisces: Poeciliidae)" (PDF). Senckenbergiana Biologica. 68 (4/6): 311–321.
  3. ^ Juan Miguel Artigas Azas, ed. (29 November 2012). "Xiphophorus marmoratus Obregón-Barboza & Contreras-Balderas, 1988". The Freshwater Fishes of Mexico. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Xiphophorus meyeri" in FishBase. September 2018 version.
  5. ^
    ISBN 978-607-16-4087-1
    .
  6. ^ "Northern Platyfish Husbandry Manual". Österreichischen Verband für Vivaristik und Ökologie. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  7. ^ "XNP project annual report – year 3". Österreichischen Verband für Vivaristik und Ökologie. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  8. ^ "XNP project expanding". Österreichischen Verband für Vivaristik und Ökologie. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Transfer of fish from Würzburg University to Ostrava ZOO". Österreichischen Verband für Vivaristik und Ökologie. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  10. PMID 23360326
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  11. ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 9 November 2019.


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