Xiphophorus continens | |
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Conservation status
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Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Poeciliidae |
Genus: | Xiphophorus |
Species: | X. continens
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Binomial name | |
Xiphophorus continens Rauchengerger, Kallman & Morizot, 1990
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Xiphophorus continens, also known as El Quince swordtail or short-sword platyfish, is a live-bearing freshwater fish in the family Poeciliidae.[2] It is endemic to the Pánuco River basin in east-central Mexico.[3] Its name comes from the Greek conto, meaning short, and Latin ensis, meaning "sword". due to the species' sword size in males.[2]