Xiphophorus_nezahualcoyotl

<i>Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl</i>

Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl

Species of fish

Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl, the mountain swordtail, is a live bearing fish in the family Poeciliidae.[2][3] It is endemic to the northwestern Pánuco River basin in Mexico.[4] The specific name of this fish refers to the poet, philosopher and emperor of Texcoco, Nezahualcoyotl (1402-1472).[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Daniels, A.; Maiz-Tome, L. (2019). "Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T191789A127376221. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191789A127376221.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 Sep 2012.
  3. [3]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  4. [4]
    Kang, J.H.; M. Schartl; R.B. Walter; A. Meyer (2013). "Comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of all species of swordtails and platies (Pisces: Genus Xiphophorus) uncovers a hybrid origin of a swordtail fish, Xiphophorus monticolus, and demonstrates that the sexually selected sword originated in the ancestral lineage of the genus, but was lost again secondarily". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13 (25): 25. Bibcode:2013BMCEE..13...25K. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-25. PMC 3585855. PMID 23360326.
  5. [5]
    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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