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Xenodexia

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Xenodexia is a genus of poeciliid fish. It contains the single species Xenodexia ctenolepis, the Grijalva studfish, which is endemic to river basins in Guatemala where it lives in both slow- and fast-flowing waters. Females reach up to in total length and males are somewhat smaller. It is the only member of the subfamily Xenodexiinae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderCyprinodontiformes
  5. FamilyPoeciliidae
Habitatfreshwater

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Family
Poeciliidae
Collections
UMMZ
Recorded in
Guatemala
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Xenodexia is a genus of poeciliid fish. It contains the single species Xenodexia ctenolepis, the Grijalva studfish, which is endemic to river basins in Guatemala where it lives in both slow- and fast-flowing waters. Females reach up to in total length and males are somewhat smaller. It is the only member of the subfamily Xenodexiinae.

==References==

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