Xiphophorus is a genus of euryhaline and freshwater fishes in the family Poeciliidae of order Cyprinodontiformes, native to Mexico and northern Central America. The many Xiphophorus species are all called either platyfish (or platies) or swordtails. The type species is X. hellerii, the green swordtail.
The various Xiphophorus species range from the southern Rio Grande basin in Mexico, through eastern drainages in the country (river basins draining into the Gulf of Mexico), to northern Guatemala, Belize and northern Honduras.
Swordtails
- Xiphophorus alvarezi
- Xiphophorus birchmanni
- Xiphophorus clemenciae
- Xiphophorus continens
- Xiphophorus cortezi
- Xiphophorus hellerii
- Xiphophorus kallmani
- Xiphophorus malinche
- Xiphophorus mayae
- Xiphophorus mixei
- Xiphophorus montezumae
- Xiphophorus monticolus
- Xiphophorus multilineatus
- Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl
- Xiphophorus nigrensis
- Xiphophorus pygmaeus
- Xiphophorus signum
Platies
- Xiphophorus andersi
- Xiphophorus couchianus
- Xiphophorus evelynae
- Xiphophorus gordoni
- Xiphophorus maculatus
- Xiphophorus meyeri
- Xiphophorus milleri
- Xiphophorus variatus
- Xiphophorus xiphidium