Xiphophorus

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ξιφηφόρος (xiphēphóros, “bearing a sword”)

Proper noun

Xiphophorus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Poeciliidae – platyfish and swordtails..

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass; Teleostei - class; Acanthopterygii - superorder; Percomorpha - series; Ovalentaria, Atherinomorpha - clades; Cyprinodontiformes - order; Cyprinodontoidei - suborder; Poeciliidae - family; Poeciliinae - subfamily; Poeciliini - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Xiphophorus hellerii - type species; for other species see Xiphophorus species list at FishBase.

References

Xiphophorus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Xiphophorus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Xiphophorus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Xiphophorus at World Register of Marine Species
Xiphophorus on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Xiphophorus at the Catalogue of Life
Xiphophorus at Encyclopedia of Life
Xiphophorus at National Center for Biotechnology Information

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