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Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Heckel, J. J. (1848). Eine neue Gattung von Poecilien mit rochenartigem Anklammerungs-Organe. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 1 (1-5): 289-303, Pls. 8-9.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Cyprinodontiformes
family
Poeciliidae
genus
Xiphophorus
species
Xiphophorus hellerii

Name

Synonyms
Mollienisia helleri (Heckel, 1848)
Poecilia helleri (Heckel, 1848)
Xiphophorus brevis Regan, 1907
Xiphophorus guentheri Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Xiphophorus guntheri Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Xiphophorus helleri brevis Regan, 1907
Xiphophorus helleri helleri
Xiphophorus helleri strigatus Regan, 1907
Xiphophorus hellerii guentheri Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Xiphophorus jalapae Meek, 1902
Xiphophorus rachovii Regan, 1911
Xiphophorus strigatus Regan, 1907
Xiphorus helleri Heckel, 1848
Homonyms
Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848
Common names
Almindelig sværddrager in Danish
Atoyac-Schwertträger in German
Atoyac-Schwertträger in German
Belize-Schwertträger in German
Belize-Schwertträger in German
Catemaco-Schwertträger in German
Catemaco-Schwertträger in German
Cola de espada in Spanish
Espada in Spanish
Fünfstreifen-Schwertträger in German
Fünfstreifen-Schwertträger in German
Gefleckter Schwertträger in German
Gefleckter Schwertträger in German
Gelber Schwertträger in German
Gelber-oder Catemaco-Schwertträger in German
Green swordtail in English
Green swordtail in English
Green swordtail in English
Green swordtail in English
Green swordtail in English
Green swordtail in English
Green swordtail in English
Green swordtail in English
Grüner Schwertträger in German
Grüner Schwertträger in German
Helleri in German
Helleri in German
Kibôta in language.
Kilickuyruk in Turkish
Kilickuyruk in Turkish
Mailleur in French
Mecovka pestrá in Czech
Mecovka zelená in Slovak
Messingschwertträger in German
Messingschwertträger in German
Mieczyk hellera in Polish
Mieczyk hellera in Polish
Miekkapyrstö in Finnish
Oaxaca-Schwertträger in German
Oaxaca-Schwertträger in German
Pez de rabo espada in Spanish
Porte-épée in French
Porte-épée in French
Queue d' épée in French
Red swordtail in English
Roheline mõõksaba in Estonian
Schwertträger in German
Schwertträger in German
Streifenschwertträger in German
Streifenschwertträger in German

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  4. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  5. Hawaii Biological Survey (2010), http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/waipio/Critter%20pages/xiphophorus.html
  6. Heckel, J. J. (1848). Eine neue Gattung von Poecilien mit rochenartigem Anklammerungs-Organe. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 1 (1-5): 289-303, Pls. 8-9.
  7. Heckel, J. J. (1848). Eine neue Gattung von Poecilien mit rochenartigem Anklammerungs-Organe. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 1 (1-5): 289-303, Pls. 8-9.
  8. King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
  9. King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
  10. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  11. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  12. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
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