Marbled swordtail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Poeciliidae |
Genus: | Xiphophorus |
Species: | X. meyeri
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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 extinct in the wild by the IUCN with the last wild record in 1997, meaning that it survives only in captivity. [1] Captive populations are maintained at the Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center, Texas State University, United States, [1] and by XNP conservation project members, which include public aquariums, universities and private aquarists in several European countries and the United States. [7] [8] [9] The marbled swordtail shares the title as northernmost naturally distributed Xiphophorus with the closely related Monterrey platyfish (X. couchianus) and northern platyfish (X. gordoni). [5] [10] The specific name of this species honours the German ichthyologist Manfred K. Meyer. [11]
Marbled swordtail | |
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Scientific 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 extinct in the wild by the IUCN with the last wild record in 1997, meaning that it survives only in captivity. [1] Captive populations are maintained at the Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center, Texas State University, United States, [1] and by XNP conservation project members, which include public aquariums, universities and private aquarists in several European countries and the United States. [7] [8] [9] The marbled swordtail shares the title as northernmost naturally distributed Xiphophorus with the closely related Monterrey platyfish (X. couchianus) and northern platyfish (X. gordoni). [5] [10] The specific name of this species honours the German ichthyologist Manfred K. Meyer. [11]