Xenodexia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Poeciliidae |
Subfamily: | Poeciliinae |
Tribe: |
Xenodexini C. L. Hubbs, 1950 |
Genus: |
Xenodexia C. L. Hubbs, 1950 |
Species: | X. ctenolepis
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Binomial name | |
Xenodexia ctenolepis
C. L. Hubbs, 1950
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Xenodexia is a genus of poeciliid fish. It contains the single species Xenodexia ctenolepis, the Grijalva studfish, which is endemic to river basins in Guatemala where it lives in both slow- and fast-flowing waters. Females reach up to 4.5 cm (1.8 in) in total length and males are somewhat smaller. [2]
Xenodexia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Poeciliidae |
Subfamily: | Poeciliinae |
Tribe: |
Xenodexini C. L. Hubbs, 1950 |
Genus: |
Xenodexia C. L. Hubbs, 1950 |
Species: | X. ctenolepis
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Binomial name | |
Xenodexia ctenolepis
C. L. Hubbs, 1950
|
Xenodexia is a genus of poeciliid fish. It contains the single species Xenodexia ctenolepis, the Grijalva studfish, which is endemic to river basins in Guatemala where it lives in both slow- and fast-flowing waters. Females reach up to 4.5 cm (1.8 in) in total length and males are somewhat smaller. [2]