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Xiphophorus evelynae Xiphophorus variatus Xiphophorus xiphidium Xiphophorus couchianus Xiphophorus gordoni Xiphophorus meyeri

Etymology: Xiphophorus: Greek, xiphos = sword + Greek, pherein = to carry Continens: Greek, conto = short + Latin, ensis, = sword (Reference to the very small sword developed in males of this species.) First...

Etymology: Xiphophorus: Greek, xiphos = sword + Greek, pherein = to carry multilineatus: Greek: multi-, many; -lineatus, line; in reference to the prominent vertical bars on the flanks. First description: Rauchenberger, Kallman & Morizot 1990...

Etymology: Xiphophorus: Greek, xiphos meaning ‘sword’; Greek, pherein meaning ‘to carry’ Nigrensis: Latin, nigri meaning ‘black’; Latin, ensis meaning ‘to come from’. First description: Donn E. Rosen 1960. Middle-American poeciliid fishes of the genus Xiphophorus. Bull. Fla. St. Mus....

Etymology: Xiphophorus: Greek, xiphos = sword + Greek, pherein = to carry pygmaeus: due to it diminutive size First description: C.L. Hubbs and M Gordon (1943) ‘Studies of cyprindonont fishes. 19. Xiphophorus pygmaeus, new species...

The northern swordtails live in and around the Panuco river basin and are separated from the southern swordtails by a geographical dividing line known as the Trans-Mexican volcanic belt. The northern swordtail group is...

Etymology: Xiphophorus: Greek, xiphos = sword + Greek, pherein = to carry Nezahualcoyotl: Named after the poet-philosopher emperor of Tezcoco (Texcoco), considered to be coequal with Montezuma, monarch of the Aztecs in the Aztec Triple...

Etymology: Xiphophorus: Greek, xiphos = sword + Greek, pherein = to carry Montezumae Named after Montezuma the monarch of the Aztecs in the Aztec Triple Alliance First description: Jordan and Snyder, 1900 Notes on a...

Etymology: Xiphophorus: Greek, xiphos = sword + Greek, pherein = to carry malinche: named after an Indian slave girl who acted as an interpreter to Hernando Cortes during the Spanish conquest. First description: Mary Rauchenberger,...

Etymology: Xiphophorus: Greek, xiphos = sword + Greek, pherein = to carry cortezi after Hernando Cortes (1485 – 1547) the Spanish conquistador who conquered most of the Aztec Empire between 1519 – 1524. First description:...