The southern platyfish, common platy, or moonfish (Xiphophorus maculatus) is a species of freshwater fish in family Poeciliidae of order Cyprinodontiformes. A live-bearer, it is closely related to the green swordtail (X. hellerii) and can interbreed with it. Nonindigenous occurrences · In the aquarium · Gallery Species: X. maculatus Phylum: Chordata Order: Cyprinodontiformes Kingdom: Animalia

Biology Glossary (e.g. epibenthic). Adults occur in warm springs, canals and ditches with typically slow-moving water, silt bottoms and weedy ...

Etymology. Xiphophorus: from the Ancient Greek ξίφος (ksíphos), meaning 'a kind of double-edged sword', and -φóρος (-phóros), meaning 'bearing', in allusion to ...

Summary of Invasiveness ... The southern platyfish X. maculatus is a small, popular ornamental freshwater fish that occurs as an introduced species in the aquatic ... Kingdom: Metazoa

Sep. 7, 2019 · Platy (Xiphophorus maculatus) · Platy, Moonfish, Southern Platyfish · These little fish come from the east coast of Central America and Southern ... Breeding · Tank compatibility · Diet · Behaviour

Mar. 31, 2013 · Wesley Warren and colleagues report the whole-genome sequence of the platyfish, Xiphophorus maculatus, providing the first genome of a ...

Kingdom: Animalia. Taxonomic Rank: Species. Synonym(s):, Poecilia maculata (​Günther, 1866). Platypoecilus maculatus Günther, 1866. Common Name(s): ... Common Name(s): platy Taxonomic Rank: Species Kingdom: Animalia

Nov. 17, 2019 · Southern Platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus). Ecological Risk Screening Summary. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, May 2014. Revised, March ...

The list of references for all nonindigenous occurrences of Xiphophorus maculatus are found here. State, First Observed, Last Observed, Total HUCs with​ ...

Xiphophorus maculatusMoon fish(Also: Platy) ... ADW Pocket Guides on the iOS App Store! The Animal Diversity Web team is excited to announce ADW Pocket ...