Yellow swordtail
| Yellow swordtail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Xiphophorus |
| Species: | X. clemenciae
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| Binomial name | |
| Xiphophorus clemenciae Álvarez, 1959
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The yellow swordtail (Xiphophorus clemenciae) is a species of freshwater
standard length.[2]
Unusually, the yellow swordtail appears to be the result of hybrid speciation, and its ancestors a platy species and a swordtail species.[3][5] The southern mountain swordtail (X. monticolus), which is found further south in the Coatzacoalcos River basin than the yellow swordtail, is the result of a similar event.[3]
The fish is named in honor of Álvarez’ wife Clemencia, whose help and advice made it possible for him to devote himself to the pursuit of his scientific research.[6]
Sources
- . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Xiphophorus clemenciae" in FishBase. September 2018 version.
- ^ PMID 23360326.
- ISBN 978-607-16-4087-1.
- S2CID 128413.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
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