Xiphophorus montezumae

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Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Cyprinodontoidei

Familia: Poeciliidae
Subfamilia: Poeciliinae
Tribus: Poeciliini
Genus: Xiphophorus
Species: Xiphophorus montezumae

Name

Xiphophorus montezumae Jordan & Snyder, 1899

Holotype: CAS-SU 6145. Paratypes: BMNH 1900.9.29.158-167 (10); NMW 81679 (57); CAS-SU 7146 (31, 4 c&s), 6194 (105)

Type locality: Río Verde near Rascon, San Luis Potosi, eastern Mexico

References

Jordan, D.S. & Snyder, J.O. 1899. Notes on a collection of fishes from the rivers of Mexico, with description of twenty new species. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission 19: 115–147. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Links

Xiphophorus montezumae in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on April 5, 2015.
Xiphophorus montezumae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Xiphophorus montezumae in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.